Introduction: The Odometer The noun odometer derives from ancient Greek [hodómetron, from hodós (“path” or “gateway”) and métron (“measure”)] and identifies an instrument that has the purpose of measuring the distance travelled by a vehicle on land or at sea. The large majority of odometers are nowadays electronic or electromechanical but in ancient times they were purely … [Read more...]
Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci
Vitruvian Man Introduction The Vitruvian Man is a world-renowned drawing created by Leonardo da Vinci around the year 1487. It is accompanied by notes based on the work of Vitruvius. The drawing, which is in pen and ink on paper, depicts a nude male figure in two superimposed positions with his arms and legs apart and simultaneously inscribed in a circle and square. The … [Read more...]