Fol. 3v

Weights, inclined planes and forces. Leonardo studies the dynamics of bodies subject to a thrust.

«Alle estremità delle aste sarà impossibile il moto circolare intorno all'estremità opposta, alla quale sarà congiunta la corda rettilinea: la quale si è collegata con l'estremo opposto, sotto il centro della predetta circonferenza…»
(At the ends of the rods circular motion will be impossible around the opposite end, to which a straight cord is joined; this is connected to the opposite end, under the centre of the aforementioned circumference.)

NOTE. For each page of Leonardo’s Codex we provide a brief summary, with the quotation of one that page’s most significant passages edited in modern Italian, with an English translation.

translation by Kim Williams