What Leonardo da Vinci design used a large horizontal screw to raise water?
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Water screw
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What Leonardo da Vinci design used a large horizontal screw to raise water?
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Water screw
What was Leonardo da Vinci’s armored vehicle, designed to move toward enemies while protected by sloping plates?
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Fighting vehicle
What name is commonly given to Leonardo da Vinci’s pyramid-shaped design for descending safely from the air?
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Parachute
What did Leonardo da Vinci design with a wingspan of about 10 metres for human flight?
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Ornithopter
What did Leonardo da Vinci call his 1489 rotating device for lifting people into the air?
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Aerial screw
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