Leonardo Inventions
As our cultural week is devoted to Leonardo's world, students from 1ºB and 1ºD with their teacher Vicky have prepared these works as part of the hall exhibition. The collection is worth a visit! Famous Inventions of Leonardo da Vinci Anemometer Historians stipulate that it was Leonardo da Vinci’s fascination with flight that inspired him to innovate the anemometer, an instrument for measuring the speed of wind. Flying Machine Of Leonardo da Vinci’s many areas of study, perhaps this Renaissance man’s favorite was the area of aviation. It was this interest that inspired his most famous invention – the flying machine. Helicopter (Aerial Screw) Though the first actual helicopter wasn’t built until the 1940s, it is believed that Leonardo da Vinci’s sketches from the late fifteenth century detailed a predecessor to the modern-day flying machine. Parachute Though credit for the invention of the first practical parachute usually goes to Sebastien Lenorm