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Leonardo's Dream Machines

Leonardo's Dream Machines

This two-part program follows the world's leading experts as they attempt for the first time to build some of Leonardo da Vinci's dream machines - to his exact specification and scale - 500 years after he first committed his ideas to paper. Were Leonardo's ideas the flights of fancy of a gifted artist or revolutionary designs hundreds of years ahead of their time?

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  • (1 of 2) (#101)

    500 years after DaVinci wrote his designs, the world's leading experts attempt to build them. [56 minutes]

  • (2 of 2) (#102)

    This episode concludes with the construction and testing of Da Vinci's giant crossbow and glider. [56 minutes]

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