The Archimed manuscript disappears, what idea did mysterious work contain?

Several transliterated lines were cataloged as part of the library's collection. After learning the existence of this text, Archimed architect Johann Heirberg traveled to see the manuscript and later identified it as one of Archimed's original works, most of which were considered lost since 1906. The manuscript then disappeared, resurfaced in 1998, when an anonymous buyer bought it for $2 million and donated it later to the Walter Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, where it was restored and digitized.

Leonardo and Archimedes

LEONARDO DA VINCI has shown his admiration for Archimede on several different occasions. The great Renaissance scholar was surprised not only by the accounts of the Archbishopn war machine but also by its ability to answer geometric questions and find practical applications for its theories.

Interested in the improvement of firearms, Leonardo worked with a special steam ball called arithrono, an instrument inspired by the first - century historian. Leonardo defined architronin as a “Invention of the Archimed” . . . a copper machine that was said to blow the balls with noise and greater power.

Like other historical scientists, Leonardo was also intrigued by the idea of using mirrors to attack from a distance. Evidence that Archimedes has accomplished this is missing, but the legend remained long enough to encourage Leonardo to prove it himself. /Bota.al