Balance in equilibrium and the leap of man
No moving body outruns its mover; motion once separated from its cause
A faint diagram of a balance beam in equilibrium, marked 1 - 8, accompanies short notes on motion. Leonardo states that here there is no motion, that no moving body will ever be swifter than the part of its mover that touches it, and, under a heading on the leap of man, that a thing moves more once separated from its mover when it has been driven by a mover of greater power. The page is otherwise nearly blank.
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Balance at rest and the speed of the moved body
The balance marked 1 - 8 is in equilibrium: here there is no motion. No moving body will ever be swifter than that part of its mover which touches it.
The leap of man: motion after separation from the mover
Under the heading on the leap of man, Leonardo notes that the thing moves more, once it is separated from its mover, when it has been driven by a mover of greater power.