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Title: Leonardo Da Vinci Multi-Barrel Gun Designs, 1481
Caption: Guns with array of horizontal barrels and gun with three racks of barrels, circa 1481. Firearms in renaissance times were inaccurate and suffered from a slow rate of fire. Leonardo, in his design for a multi-barreled cannon of 1481, sought to overcome the slow rate of fire. The three racks of barrels allowed the re-loading of one rack while another was being fired and could maintained continuous fire power. The gun, with it's array of horizontal barrels, allowed for a wide scattering of shot.
Category: ILLUSTRATION • Science: History
Credit: Album / Science Source / New York Public Library
Image size: 3000 × 4294 px | 36.9 MB
Print size: 25.4 × 36.4 cm | 1181.1 × 1690.6 in (300 dpi)