1331

Schemes for prophecies.

The circular plans of carrying earth are very useful, inasmuch as men never stop in their work; and it is done in many ways. By one of these ways men carry the earth on their shoulders, by another in chests and others on wheelbarrows. The man who carries it on his shoulders first fills the tub on the ground, and he loses time in hoisting it on to his shoulders. He with the chests loses no time. [Footnote: The subject of this text has apparently no connection with the other texts of this section.]

Taken from The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci edited by Jean Paul Richter, 1880.

Notebooks of Leonoardo da Vinci
XX: Humorous Writings.
. . .
1311,
1312,
1313
Schemes for fables, etc..
1314,
1315,
1316,
1317,
1318,
1319,
1320,
1321,
1322,
1323
Schemes for prophecies.
1324,
1325,
1326,
1327,
1328,
1329,
1330,
1331
Irony (1332).
1332
Tricks.
1333,
1334,
1335