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    Who is the artist and scientist of the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries whose sketches anticipated such modern inventions as the airplane and the tank?

    Question #16296. Asked by KPfister. (Jan 28 02 12:44 PM)


    The Gorm

    		Sounds like Leonardo to me!

    Jan 28 02, 12:53 PM
    puzzled

    		Yes I would say definitely Leonardo da Vinci..... he sketched a primitive version of the helicopter so I believe.

    Jan 28 02, 3:13 PM

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