Leonardo The Inventor 2

Leonardo The Inventor 2 PC MAC CD learn da Vinci inventions history biography! Type: Children Platform: Windows/Mac Publisher: Riverdeep Interactive Learning Limited Released: 1998 Media: CD LEONARDO THE INVENTOR 2 Next time you snorkel around in the ocean, don't forget to thank Leonardo da Vinci. It's a little-known fact, but the Renaissance man, best known for his art, was an armchair inventor, too. His conceptual sketches of underwater snorkels, skin-diving suits, paddleboats, helicopters, and cannons initially failed. But today it's clear that his early designs influenced contemporary versions of these inventions. Leonardo the Inventor is intended to acquaint you with the engineering side of the artist. The inventions are organized by category: Flight, Water, Music, Civic Engineering, and Warfare. Check out the Flight section, where you'll see Leonardo's designs for a pedal-powered wing. As an animated version of the model emerges, a narrator informs you that, had this design