DaVinci's Drawings In the 1500s, the famous artist, sculptor and painter Leonardo DaVinci took a look at mathematics and mechanics. In several famous drawings (pictured here) he elaborately details a type of flying model called an ornithopter. Mimicing the flight of birds, a man would strap himself into the device and flap his arms to create the power for flight.

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