Leonardo Da Vinci's Personal Notebook 135
IZ Reloaded writes "The British Library has made available 14 great books on its website. One of them is a 1508 notebook by Leonardo Da Vinci containing short treatises, notes and drawings of a wide range of subjects from mechanics to the moon. The site allows you to view the original manuscript written in Leonardo's own handwriting."
Needs Shockwave (Score:4, Informative)
This is why... (Score:2, Informative)
For those who would otherwise not view these, please do, in addition to the items mtneioned int he summary, there are also originals from Jane Austen, Lewis Carroll and the first atlas of Europe. Amazing.
Re:It doesn't work? (Score:1, Informative)
No need for Shockwave "Director" for displaying a few simple images.
Hell, porn sites manage streaming video just in flash.
And Java would work as well or better for both.
Anyway.
No, Macromedia has never released that for linux. Probably requires DirectX or something.
Re:Needs Shockwave (Score:5, Informative)
There are also alternative [www.bl.uk] non-Shockwave versions of three of the volumes. More will be added soon.
available via project gutenberg (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Backward handwriting (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Great, but only the beginning.... (Score:2, Informative)
It's Leonardo, not da Vinci (Score:2, Informative)
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