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- ↑ The Leonardo da Vinci Medal Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine , Society for the History of Technology. Accessed June 25, 2011
- ↑ Making Europe - Johan Schot receives Leonardo da Vinci Medal at makingeurope.eu. 4 November 2015. Accessed 2017-09-07.
- ↑ Ron Kline receives Society for the History of Technology’s Leonardo da Vinci Medal, at ece.cornell.edu. Thursday, July 7, 2016. Accessed 2017-09-07.
- ↑ 2017 Leonardo da Vinci Medal winner, Arnold Pacey, Society for the History of Technology. Accessed September 26, 2018
- ↑ https://www.historyoftechnology.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/DaVinciMedal2018.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
- ↑ https://www.historyoftechnology.org/about-us/awards-prizes-and-grants/the-leonardo-da-vinci-medal/2019-leonardo-da-vinci-medal-winner-francesca-bray/ (Accessed Dec. 2019)