500 Years Later, Scientists Prove That Leonardo da Vinci’s Bridge Design Works
https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a69676907/da-vinci-bridge-design/
https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a69676907/da-vinci-bridge-design/
20 Comments
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca · 42 pts · 266d
Scientists? You mean Civil Engineers?
HowAbt2day@futurology.today · 2 pts · 265d
Doctors? You mean dentists?
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 265d
Why no, not like that.
More like "doctors? You mean bio-chem researches".
Nomecks@lemmy.ca · 33 pts · 265d
To construct it they would have had to build a support structure nearly a thousand feet long, across a river, that could take the weight of a masonry arch bridge nearly a thousand feet long until the keystones could be put in. Not hard to imagine why it got rejected.
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 265d
That was basically just the process of creating bridges back then, it's not far off from how it works today...
I don't think that was an avoidable issue, you need to build temporary support structures while bridge building is in progress. In other words, if an extensive support structure is a deal breaker for you, it turns out you're not building a bridge today.
Nomecks@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 265d
Sure, but think of the scale of what they would need and the technology they had. 1000 feet long and as tall as a ship, carrying a stone structure that would weigh probably hundreds or thousands of tons, across what I'd imagine was a pretty busy waterway.
YetAnotherNerd@sopuli.xyz · 31 pts · 266d
“This article is more than 24 years old”
Still an awesome article if you’ve never read it.
Tithen@anarchist.nexus · 7 pts · 265d
Am I missing something here? The article was posted in 2019
YetAnotherNerd@sopuli.xyz · 16 pts · 265d
I’m an shit! I was trying to find the actual bridge that has since been built, based on the design. I found an article on The Guardian from 2001 (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/nov/01/engineering.internationaleducationnews) , about the same work that was done. And I conflated the two because it’s a damn old article. Now, this one is from 6 years ago, which is still pretty old… but it’s a cool article
Tithen@anarchist.nexus · 5 pts · 265d
Oh that's awesome that a version of it got built! Thanks for sharing
Successful_Try543@feddit.org · 8 pts · 265d
And the thesis is from 2019 too.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 265d
A bridge that doesn't get built doesn't work, so.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 12 pts · 265d
"You can't cross 100% of the bridges you don't build."
No_Eponym@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 264d
I donno, pretty sure crossing 0 of 0 bridges is something I can manage.
Railcar8095@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 264d
There are infinite bridges you didn't build, unless you already did build infinity in which case I retract my comment.
No_Eponym@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 264d
Why would there be infinite possible bridges for me to build? There are only so many places where I would reasonable want to build a bridge. I also have a finite life, totally possible bridges are further limited.
Besides, 100% of the bridges I didn't build is 0, infinity doesn't even come into the equation.
Good try tough. I'm sure 60% of the time it works every time!
altphoto@lemmy.today · 7 pts · 265d
3069: " hey look at that! The left leptomagnetic symbophone is just as Einstein said it would be! "
NegentropicBoy@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 266d
The article: https://techxplore.com/news/2019-10-leonardo-da-vinci-bridge.html
billwashere@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 265d
I swear sometimes that da Vinci was a time traveler trolling the lot of us.
hanrahan@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 264d
Ia this part of the 28 days later franxhise ? 500 years ago ? Was the bridge to contain zombies ?