Leonardo da Vinci's most famous inventions
The top 3 according to 0 votes from people: The ornithopter · The armoured car · The parachute. (Updated Jun 12, 2026.)
Flying machines, tanks, parachutes and automatons: the designs of the genius from Vinci, many of which stayed on the pages of his notebooks. Which one fascinates you most?
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Top 15
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The ornithopter
The wing-flapping flying machine, born from studying how birds fly.
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The armoured car
A tortoise-shaped armoured vehicle, the ancestor of the tank.
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The parachute
A pyramid-shaped parachute.
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The aerial screw
The ancestor of the helicopter.
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The mechanical knight
An automaton that moved its arms, head and jaw.
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The giant crossbow
A huge siege weapon.
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The 33-barrelled organ
Three rows of eleven guns that fired in turn.
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The portable bridge
A bridge that could be put up and taken down to cross rivers.
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9
Canals and locks
Plans to make rivers navigable and control floods.
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The ideal city
A multi-level city that kept pedestrians and goods apart.
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The fortifications
Walls and bastions designed to withstand cannon fire.
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The revolving crane
For lifting loads without placing them under the machine.
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The theatrical automatons
Mechanisms to amaze audiences at court festivities.
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14
The timekeeping devices
Studies of clocks and mechanisms.
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The labour-saving machines
Mechanisms for chopping wood, forging metal and grinding grain.
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