By: Kimia
Leonardo Da Vinci was an extremely important sculptor, artist, scientist, engineer, architect, and, most of all, inventor. He is often referred to as a “Renaissance Man”, which is someone that is extremely skillful and knowledgable in many different areas, and someone who is very versatile and well-rounded. He lived during the period of Renaissance in Europe, which was the period of time that marked the revival of art and literature in Europe. While Leonardo Da Vinci did contribute greatly to art during the Renaissance, his scientific contributions are much more extraordinary, as they were so unorthodox and unbelievable. However, they are lesser known than his artistic contributions because quite a bit of his inventions were very much advanced for his time period and were, therefore, very much uncommon until later on.
Leonardo Da Vinci’s style and method of inventing deviated from most other inventors of his time period. He spent a great deal of time in the field of science and …show more content…
He created this cannon in order to bring mobility when fighting on the battlefield. As a military engineer, he believed that mobility was crucial towards a victory. The triple barrel cannon consisted of three thin cannons that were adjustable in height and loaded in the front. The cannon was fast, light, and solved the existing problem of cannons being stationary, difficult to manage, and taking a long time to reload. It could load three shots at once, allowing shots to be fired more frequently, and making it very efficient. The strange thing about Leonardo Da Vinci’s invention of the triple barrel cannon was that it actually used gunpowder, which was only at its birth during his time period. He, once again, managed to foresee the future by using gunpowder, which became very common later during the 1800s and