Accordingly, in an article published in Leonardo magazine, researchers examined one of Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks and realized that this omnipotent genius had devised special experiments.
Leonardo da Vinci even modeled the gravitational constant with about 97% accuracy.
Da Vinci (1452 – 1519) went far in discovering this concept.
Leonardo da Vinci’s main obstacle was the limitations of his tools.
Da Vinci’s special experiment was first discovered by Mory Gharib, a professor of aeronautics and medical engineering.
Specifically, in early 2017, while learning about Da Vinci’s line display technique to discuss with graduate students, Professor Gharib noticed a series of manuscripts about triangles created by particles.
To conduct the analysis of the notes, Professor Gharib worked with Associate Professor Chris Roh at Cornell University and Dr. Flavio Noca at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland.
In this note, the artist Da Vinci described the experiment of moving a water bottle in a straight line parallel to the ground, spilling water or granular material (most likely sand) along the way.
Because it is not affected by the container, the material stops accelerating horizontally, and the direction of acceleration is only downward due to gravity.
Accordingly, if the tank moves at a constant speed, the line formed by the falling object will be vertical and therefore no triangle will be formed.
Additionally, Da Vinci’s notes also point out that if the container accelerates at the same rate as the falling object accelerates due to gravity, it will create an equilateral triangle.
According to researchers, Leonardo Da Vinci sought to describe this acceleration but was unsuccessful.
`We found that Leonardo Da Vinci modeled the distance of a falling object as proportional to time to the power of 2, instead of the square of time,` said Associate Professor Chris Roh.
Professor Gharib added that the research team does not know whether Da Vinci will perform further experiments or not.
Leonardo da Vinci is often known by many people as a talented painter.
The artist was born in 1452 in a village near Vinci, a suburb of Florence, in Central Italy.
In addition, Leonardo da Vinci also spent a lot of time studying human anatomy.
Leonardo da Vinci’s art combines biology, chemistry, engineering, mathematics and physics.
Leonardo da Vinci may be best known for his art, but he is clearly also a great scientist and artist with extensive knowledge in many fields.
Source: Phys, Newsthink, Britannica
