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- Title
Códice Madrid I: Un análisis de los mecanismos del primer tratado completo de sistemas mecánicos.
- Authors
Rubio Alonso, H.; Bustos Caballero, A.; Castejón Sisamón, C.; Meneses Alonso, J.
- Abstract
Since the Madrid I and Madrid II Codices, written by Leonardo da Vinci between the end of the 15th century and the beginning of the 16th century, were found in the Spain National Library in 1965, they have become highly regarded manuscripts, both for their own content as well as the great prestige of the author. In this article, an inspection of the manuscript of the Codex Madrid I will be carried out, an extensive collection of drawings of mechanical systems by Leonardo da Vinci. The life of the author and his work will be briefly presented and the main mechanisms that appear in that codex will be analyzed in detail. The written works by Leonardo and, in particular, the Codex Madrid I will also be placed in their historical context, analyzing the records of mechanical technology prior to the time of Leonardo da Vinci and studying the existing historical written references. The main part of the work consists of a compilation of the drawings of the main and most representative mechanisms of the Codex Madrid I. With this compilation the variety of mechanical elements and simple mechanisms of the aforementioned codex will be demonstrated, which together form a complete treatise on mechanisms, understanding mechanisms as basic elements of machines. This complete description of mechanical devices constitutes Leonardo da Vinci's main contribution to the history of machines and mechanisms.
- Publication
Técnica Industrial: Revista Cuatrimestral de Ingeniería, Industria e Innovación, 2024, Issue 337, p44
- ISSN
0040-1838
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.23800/10549