We caught the Spirit of Tasmania to Devonport for a 15 day tour of Tasmania. Our first day in Tasmania was at Burnie where we found the machines of Da Vinci exhibition showing for the last time in Australia before it moved back to Italy. I had been reading about this interesting man along the way, so we were all excited to see the exhibit. It was not planned and was an unexpected surprise, which turned out be great.
This machine was in the war section; I think it was my favourite. It’s called ‘tank’ and it’s a prototype of the modern tank shaped like a tortoise. The shell protected the soldiers inside with canons facing all directions. It moved by a series of gears and wheels worked by eight men. Leonardo included intentional design flaws in the gear system to ensure such a machine would not be put to use.
This device is called Archimedes screw. It’s a device for lifting water which was a method used by the ancient Egyptians and later studied by the Greek scientist, Archimedes.
Only a few of the inventions we could touch, most were just display. This is a type of screw using wooden balls to form a low friction bearing.
Mona Lisa replica. It was written that some people believe that Leonardo painted it as a female version of himself.
This is Jacob, Dad and I building a smaller version of the portable bridge.
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