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OCR: WATER Leonardo's notebooks reveal WALKING BUOYS the sketches heart of suggest an explorer. methods His for roaming the sea both on the surface and under it ere is a device for walking on the surface of the water Wide pontoon floats are attached to the feet The vertical poles serve as paddles to push the walker forward over the water. There was only one problem with this desi ign: only very strong person could stay balanced for long "Observe how the movement of the surface of the water resem bles that of hair, which has two movements, one which stems from the wei ightof the hair and the other from its waves and curls. In the same way water has its turbulent curls, part of which follows the force of the main current the other obeving the movement of incidence and reflection 1996 SoftKey Mult ...