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Leonardo Da Vinci's Personal Notebook

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the pages-of-history dept.

IZ Reloaded writes "The British Library has made available 14 great books on its website. One of them is a 1508 notebook by Leonardo Da Vinci containing short treatises, notes and drawings of a wide range of subjects from mechanics to the moon. The site allows you to view the original manuscript written in Leonardo's own handwriting."

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  1. Backward handwriting by mr100percent · · Score: 4, Funny

    Will I have to flip my display to read Leonardo Da Vinci's backwards handwriting?

    1. Re:Backward handwriting by legirons · · Score: 3, Funny

      Apparently, he only wrote "click here to download plugin" lots of times... very neat handwriting, although I can't see how it could be interpreted as the design for a helicopter

  2. Clues! by Eugene+Webby · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bet it has clues about jesus and coverups.

  3. i'm sure... by tehwebguy · · Score: 5, Funny

    it was probably a powerbook. those artsy types are all the same.

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    1. Re:i'm sure... by nganju · · Score: 4, Funny


      Using Moore's Law and assuming today's fastest notebook is roughly 3GHz:

      3 000 000 000 * ((1/2)^((2005 - 1508) / 1.5)) = 5.44313816 × 10-91 Hz ...was the clock speed of Davinci's powerbook. And you think YOUR notebook loads Adobe slowly...

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  4. At last by squoozer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Of course they are only allowed to do this because the copyright period has just expired.

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  5. Re:MY NOTEBOOK SAYS: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ok, show of hands:

    Who thinks Slashdot need to give a breathalyzer test to users before they let you press the Submit button?

  6. What about Paul? by writermike · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why is "Paul is dead" written backwards on page three?

    Does anyone know? [[shrugs]]

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  7. Notation in margin... by TFGeditor · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...that Mona Lisa is such a bitch!

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  8. In fascist italy... by cached · · Score: 5, Funny

    in Italia fascista, i taccuini li pubblicano

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  9. Awesome! by Dirtside · · Score: 3, Funny

    I hope there's something in there about the making of Titanic. I loved that movie.

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  10. Sure, but... by hummassa · · Score: 3, Funny

    seek & search times are a bitch on those.

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  11. Da Vinci's Notebook by Mr2001 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Most people remember Leonardo Da Vinci for his paintings and inventions, but did you know Da Vinci's Notebook also has history's first recorded biography of The Sneak?

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  12. Important draft work by hotspotbloc · · Score: 4, Funny
    It's amazing that atleast one of his earlier drafts of his work at the Sistine Chapel survived.

    Let us give thanks to the FSM for this miracle.

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    1. Re:Important draft work by dedioste · · Score: 4, Funny

      "It's amazing that at least one of his earlier drafts of his work at the Sistine Chapel survived."

      It's even more amazing when you think that Michelangelo did the Decorations of the Sistine Chapel!

  13. Is it mirrored? by NaveNosnave · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ha ha! Get it? Da Vinci...handwriting...mirrored? Ah ha ha! I kill myself!