Collection on deposit
Cart with roller bearings
Model of travelling collection
Project:
Fausto Colombo e Giorgio Valentini, 1983
Realization:
Giovanni Sacchi, 1983
Model from:
Leonardo da Vinci, Codice Atlantico, f. 1049r
carved arolla pine wood
cm 101 x 143 x 301
Description:
This model interprets a drawing of Leonardo’s contained in the Codex Atlanticus and represents the shaft or axle of a cart which uses a system of roller bearings.
The axle, rather than going all the way into the wooden or metal support, rests, near the wheel hubs, on two pairs of cylindrical rollers (one on each side), which act as bearings as they allow the shaft to turn faster and with minimal friction.