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#15 Leonardo da Vinci: The Biography

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Leonardo's R&O Diversion Ditch

Leonardo calculated the man hours necessary by doing a detailed time and motion study. His answer, it would take approximately 540 men working 100 days to dig the R&O diversion ditch. The inability to ground his fantasies in reality has generally been regarded as one of Leonardo's major failings.

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