Leonardo Da Vinci's "Irrelevant" Scribbles Are The First Recorded Laws Of Friction

Kim Bussing
Wed, 12 Oct 2016 13:49:57 -0700

Legendary artist and scientist Leonardo da Vinci, who conducted the first systematic study of friction, has always been credited as the pioneer in Tribology. But while his famous machinery design sketches reflected the inventor’s knowledge of the benefits and drawbacks of friction, precisely when and how Leonardo developed these ideas, has remained a mystery.