Mechanisms, with notes to weigh a wheel's force and water
A cord-laying wheel and gearing, plus 'Tell me if you love me' penned across it
The sheet is crowded with small mechanical studies — a battery of rollers or cylinders, gear-wheels, and a wheel at the lower centre from which many cords radiate, together with graduated perspective lines at the right. A heading at the top states two aims: 'to weigh the force of the wheel' and 'to weigh the water.' Across the middle Leonardo has penned the phrase 'Tell me if you love me,' and 'tell me if ever' appears at the left. The drawings are faint and further untranscribed sketches are present.
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To weigh the force of the wheel and to weigh the water
A two-line heading sets the sheet's programme: to weigh the force of the wheel, and to weigh the water. The mechanical sketches below appear to serve these measurements of force and of water.
Cord-laying wheel and roller mechanisms
At the lower centre a wheel sends out many radiating cords, suggesting a rope- or cord-laying device, while the upper left shows a battery of cylinders and small gear-trains. Graduated perspective lines run down the right side.
Amorous pen-trial: 'Tell me if you love me'
Across the centre of the sheet Leonardo has written 'Tell me if you love me,' with 'tell me if ever' repeated to the left. These read as pen-trials scattered among the mechanical sketches.