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Microsoft and the British Library have digitised two of Leonardo da Vincis' notebooks.
British Library CEO Lynne Brindley said to celebrate the consumer launch of Vista it would offer free access to two da Vinci notebooks - one owned by the library, and one from Gates's private collection.
The British Library has created an updated version of its application called "Turning the Pages" which allows people to browse parts of its 150 million piece collection via a web browser.
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http://www.theregister.com/2007/01/3...tebooks_vista/
You can find Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks, and a lot more interesting books and notes online at the British Library's website "Turning the Pages":
http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp/ttpbooks.html
I don't understand much of his text, but it's quite interesting to see his drawings-
