The Greatest Engineer Of All Time: Leonardo da Vinci

We say we live in the era of inventions, inventions of the superlative degree that have been instrumental in taking us several steps further from where we were. Some of us may as well assume that, no era before this could result into so many inventions.

But there was one man in the 14th century that will prove all our assumptions to be wrong. He was none other than the Great, Leonardo da Vinci. Born in Italy, he is the definition of an ideal Engineer. Coupled with technical intellect and inventive creativeness he is undisputedly 'The Greatest Engineer of All Time.'

A famous Quote about him: "There may not be in the world an example of another genius so universal, so incapable of fulfillment, so full of yearning for the infinite, so naturally refined, so far ahead of his own century and the following centuries."

#-Link-Snipped-#His passion and the relentless inquisitiveness drove him to bring forth many of the World’s best Engineering inventions. Five centuries ago, his unquenching thirst for knowledge led him to set out and discover all that there was and look up for more. Most of the inventions he did and papers he wrote were lost in history, only to be invented centuries later by various scientists across the globe. His work doesn't confine to a specific branch, but its expanse spread wide in the sectors comprising of mechanical,  biomedical, chemical, civil, industrial, structural as well as aeronautical engineering.

To name a few of his vast engineering feats:

[*]Design of the Ornithopters i.e. the fluttering wing machines designed to duplicate the flight characteristics of birds.

[*] Sketches of the working mechanisms of military tanks, parachutes, helicopters, gliders, submarines, catapults.

[*] Study of the strength of different materials which proved to be useful in designs of the domed churches.

Find out more about his work in the following Video:

Leonardo da Vinci - The Greatest Engineer

He showed the limitless possibilities for an Engineer. He was a visionary who looked way ahead of his times and showed us what Engineering is all about.

Leonardo da Vinci, the man himself has said “Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is doing that something else.”

That pretty much sums up his obsession for the Engineering field and now knowing this little trick , Let the unending fire ablaze your heart, and be driven by the True Engineering Spirit! 😀