Leonardo Da Vinci: The Triple Barrel Canon And The Glider

Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519) was one of the greatest masters of the High Renaissance, perhaps most well-known for his paintings, such as the famous “Mona Lisa” or “The Last Supper”. Moreover, he was a master in other fields as sculptor, architect, engineer, and scientist. His desires and huge ambitions for knowledge and research turned him into the famous person that he is today. His scientific studies were very important for the development of different inventions that exist nowadays. In this paper, I am going to focus on “The Triple Barrel Canon” and “The Glider”, and how they had an impact on life at that time, or how today these ideas are still used by scientist in order to make new inventions.
Leonardo di Ser Piero da Vinci was born

He spent 17 years in Milan working for Sforza, inventing, painting, sculpting, studying science, and making innovative ideas. This was the most productive period for Da Vinci. It is important to point out, that during this period Da Vinci designed and created different machines. Leonardo designed flying machines as the “Glider”, the “Helicopter”, and the “Parachute”. Also, Leonardo designed military machines as the “Triple Barrel Canon”, and the “Giant

During this time the cannons were used in stationary positions on the battlefield. This was because they were heavy and took a lot of time to reload; The Triple Barrel Canon solved these problems; was a fast and light weapon that could do a lot of damage.
The Design had 3 thin cannons. These cannons allowed soldiers to load three shots at once, permitting them to fire more frequently, and giving them one advantage over the normal cannon where one shot would be fired before reloading. It is important to point out, that the frequent firing was not the only advantage that this weapon had. The other advantage was the lighter weight and large wheels that the weapon had. These features permitted to the weapon to be moved around different areas in the battlefield. The Triple Barrel Canon was crucial in some victories on the battlefield.
The Second invention is “The Glider”. It was the first plane design capable of flying. Moreover, some historians believe that he may have built it. Leonardo designed the wings to be used with resin cotton and the frame to be made with bamboo shoots. After many years, some engineers used the designs of Leonardo’s gliders to create planes capable of flying. One of the aviation pioneer Otto Lilienthal (1848-1896), built more than 10 airplanes, mostly gliders, based on Leonardo’s design. The Glider was one of the bases for the building of many air machines that we have nowadays.