No photos are allowed inside da Vinci's home, but it is a marvel of furniture, art, and gadgets collected, created, or imagined by the epitome of the Renaissance Man. My own favorite was a "steam canon" which could be fired without powder by pouring water into a super-heated metal chamber and allowing the pressure to build and launch the projectile. |
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