With all these prodigious skills, Leonardo did many things to change the world. Though Leonardo da Vinci may be most famous for his works as an artist, he actually spent quite a bit more time working on his endeavors in science and technology. His detailed sketches and distinct artistry played a large role in his inventions, and his sketchbooks later provided evidence that Leonardo had envisioned many ideas long before the technology to build them actually …show more content…
It could, deliver punishing volleys of gunfire at rapid intervals. Leonardo mounted 11 muskets side by side on a rectangular board, then attached three boards together in a triangular arrangement. By placing a shaft down the middle, the entire contraption could be rotated, so that one set of 11 guns could be fired while a second set cooled off and a third set was being reloaded. Then the entire mechanism could be rotated to bring the loaded set to the top where it could be fired again. Even though Leonardo noted time and again in his notebooks that he hated war and loathed the idea of creating killing machines like this one, he made these machines on the behalf of his patrons who paid him greatly to do so. It was probably for the best that none of Leonardo's war machines ever actually got