Leonardo da Vinci - The Studies of Hydraulic Power

rexroth VHS Hydraulic Components Complete Hydraulic Component Supply A Bosch Company Leongrdo da Vinci тHE HYDRA ULIC STUDIE S O F POWER Leonardo da Vinci is famous for his talents as an artist, with the infamous 'Mona Lisa' and the controversial 'Last Supper' being two of his greatest masterpieces. A man of many talents, Leonardo spent most of his time as a psychologist, zoologist, linguist, botanist, anatomist, geologist, musician, sculptor, architect, critic, civil engineer, mechanical engineer, and a hydraulic engineer. CAuny тHE NOTEB оок Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks show that the subject of hydraulics was his most studied and recorded topic. 24 Da Vinci traced the velocity distribution 20 across the stream's channel by releasing the rod af different places in the stream's cross-section. He conducted the first empirical studies of streams and Htheir velocity distribution, using a weighted rod held afloat by an inflated animal bladder. ΤHE HYDRA ULIC SA W During his lifetime he was commissioned for several projects that used the manipulation of water, often in canals. One of these was a hydraulic saw. The above illustration is a reconstructed model of the hydraulic saw in Milan's National Museum of Science and Technology. rexroth A Bosch Company VHS Hydraulic Components Ltd is a leading Bosch Rexroth Distributor in the UK and are also the only Bosch Rexroth Mobile System Integrator in the UK. As a Bosch Rexroth Distributor, the partnership gives VHS Hydraulic Components Ltd access to the full range of Bosch Rexroth hydraulic components, including Bosch Rexroth hydraulic variable piston pumps, Bosch Rexroth hydraulic fixed piston pumps, Bosch Rexroth hydraulic external gear pumps, Bosch Rexroth hydraulic internal gear pumps, Bosch Rexroth hydraulic vane pumps, Bosch Rexroth hydraulic variable motors, Bosch Rexroth hydraulic fixed motors and Bosch Rexroth directional valves, which enables VHS Hydraulic Components Ltd to offer a comprehensive hydraulic solution to customers. For more details please visit www.hydraulic-components.net/bosch-rexroth-distributor Unit 2 VHS Hydraulic Components Complete Hydraulic Component Supply Carley Drive Sheffield S20 8NO United Kingdom 01142 764430 01142 472526 E: [email protected] www.hydraulic-components.net