This device is a precursor of the traditional sewing machine.The user steps repeatedly on the treadle, observing how the crank converts the foot's up-and-down motion into rotary motion, and the flywheel's inertia ensures a smooth and continuous rotationץ
Today, sewing machines opporate in a similar fasion, except that they are operated by electric motors, instead of one's foot. Additionally, engines of all motor vehicloes turn thanks to a camshaft mechanism, heralded by da Vinci's crankץ
Technological mechanisms: Treadle, flywheel, crank, inertia
Size in millimeters: height: 325
width: 805
length / depth: 350