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What keyboard instrument did Leonardo da Vinci design to combine a piano-like layout with bowed strings?
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Viola organista
What structural innovation did Leonardo da Vinci propose for ships to improve protection against hull damage?
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Double hull
What simple machine did Leonardo da Vinci study and popularize through designs using rotating balls between surfaces?
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Ball bearing
What bird-inspired flying-machine concept did Leonardo da Vinci design with wings moved by human muscle?
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Ornithopter
What is the name of Leonardo da Vinci’s four-wheeled machine often called the first self-propelled vehicle?
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Leonardo’s self-propelled cart
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What is the name of Leonardo da Vinci’s four-wheeled machine often called the first self-propelled vehicle?
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Leonardo’s self-propelled cart
What water-raising machine did Leonardo da Vinci design using a spiral screw inside a cylinder?
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Archimedes' screw
What Leonardo da Vinci design is widely known as the first practical parachute concept?
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Pyramidal parachute
Which Shanghai stock-market index reached its 2015 bubble peak on June 12 before China’s crash?
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Shanghai Composite