Where to See Automobile: Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan

Leonardo da Vinci designed this self-propelled cart, one of history's earliest concepts for an automobile. The drawing shows his notable engineering imagination centuries ahead of its time.

Leonardo filled notebooks with inventions ranging from flying machines to military weapons. This design sketch is preserved at the Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan.

It's Leonardo's design for a self-propelled vehicle, essentially an early automobile concept powered by springs.

The drawing is at the Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan, which holds many of Leonardo's notebooks and sketches.

Leonardo da Vinci sketched a self-propelled cart around 1478, considered one of history's first automobile concepts. Powered by coiled springs, a working model was built in 2004 based on his drawings.

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