“PREHISTORY”

Abstract

There are some citations from the early 16th century up to the early 19th century which reveal approaches which absolutely correspond to the modern definitions of „technical biology” and “bionics”. Leonardo da Vinci has corresponded with his beating wings already to both definitions. The spectrum ranges from Borelli’s first model experiment in science history to Cayley’s “aeronautical” experiments in the twenties of the 19th century and beyond it.