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Leonardo Da Vinci's 10 Best Ideas

livescience.com — Was it a ploy to thwart Renaissance copycats peeking at his notes, or just a way to avoid the inky mess of writing left-handed? Whatever his motives, Da Vinci sure liked mirror writing: most of his journals are scrawled in reverse.

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  • DeskFlyer, on 05/13/2008, -0/+610. Mirror Writing
    9. Scuba Gear
    8. The Revolving Bridge
    7. The Winged Glider
    6. The Triple-Barreled Cannon
    5. The Aerial Screw
    4. The Ideal City
    3. The Self-Propelled Car
    2. Geologic Time
    1. The Vitruvian Man
  • mentallyinhell, on 05/13/2008, -0/+3Thanks, they never put this ***** on one page.
  • domataos, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1I didn't know he made scuba gear
  • Pottypotsworth, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1The winged glider worked! In Startrek Voyager at least :o)
  • dougvfr750, on 05/12/2008, -3/+4I'm sure given time number 11 would have been a good web browser
  • GalacticRerun, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1So if his mirror writing was to put his work in "code" would nobody back then figured out how to read it?

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