Quotation from: The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci

Written by: Leonardo da Vinci


You may know when the fire is good and fit for your purpose by a
clear flame, and if you see the tips of the flames dull and ending
in much smoke do not trust it, and particularly when the flux metal
is almost fluid.


OF ALLOYING THE METAL.


Metal for guns must invariably be made with 6 or even 8 per cent,
that is 6 of tin to one hundred of copper, for the less you put in,
the stronger will the gun be.

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