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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. Needs Shockwave by pipacs · · Score: 4, Informative

    Needs Shockwave. Thank you, goodbye.

    1. Re:Needs Shockwave by the_unknown_soldier · · Score: 5, Informative

      from their site:

      There are also alternative non-Shockwave versions of three of the volumes. More will be added soon.

    2. Re:Needs Shockwave by Omniscientist · · Score: 2, Informative

      Well, instead of complaining, does anyone have any tips for running Shockwave on Linux? Is it possible to use Wine or Cedega, or do we have to use something like Crossover?

  2. This is why... by zegebbers · · Score: 2, Informative
    the internet is amazing. To be able to view this sort of document almost instantly is fantastic. Thank you British Library.

    For those who would otherwise not view these, please do, in addition to the items mtneioned int he summary, there are also originals from Jane Austen, Lewis Carroll and the first atlas of Europe. Amazing.

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  3. Re:It doesn't work? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Write a nasty letter to the British Museum's tech department.
    No need for Shockwave "Director" for displaying a few simple images.
    Hell, porn sites manage streaming video just in flash.

    And Java would work as well or better for both.

    Anyway.
    No, Macromedia has never released that for linux. Probably requires DirectX or something.

  4. available via project gutenberg by rillopy · · Score: 5, Informative

    The complete notebooks have been available from project gutenberg for a year and a half (without the pictures) at: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/5000 It's also been on the top 100 list for a long time.

  5. Re:Backward handwriting by kalidasa · · Score: 3, Informative

    Ready for this one - they actually have a "mirror" button to flip it over for you! Now that's nice.

  6. Re:Great, but only the beginning.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Perhaps a better site provides more information. Hope you didn't get suckered into believing it.

  7. It's Leonardo, not da Vinci by Cerdic · · Score: 2, Informative

    da Vinci the name of the area where he lived. His name was simply Leonardo (this was before last names were used). Very common mistake almost everyone makes.

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