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GC-4 Gas Chromatograph
- Beckman Instructions 1324-A
- 1967-Jul
Beckman Instruments entered the gas chromatograph business in 1956 with the acquisition of the successful Watts Manufacturing Company. Later that year, Beckman Instruments produced its first gas chromatograph, the GC-1,…
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Portrait of George O. Curme, Jr. (1888-1976)
- 1930s – circa
Portrait of George O. Curme, Jr. (1888-1976), popularly known as the father of ethylene and for his pioneering work on applications for by-products of petroleum processing.
Born in Mount Vernon, Iowa on December 24,…
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Plate 54: Device for raising water from a low place by canal current
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; toroidal force pump; conical valve; double interrupted crown gears and lantern gear; lantern and rack; horizontal working beam; roller guides.
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Plate 53: Device for raising water from a river or low place by river current
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; oscillating double-wing pump; double interrupted crown gears and lantern gear; spur gear and lantern; worm and worm gear.
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Plate 52: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a well
- 1588
Mechanics: hand crank; swinging-vane rotary pump; spur gear and lantern; worm and worm gear; lantern and crown gear; flywheel; slotted-head screw.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Pumping machinery, Wells, Rotary pumps, Machinery, Hand pumps
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Plate 51: Device for raising river, canal, or pond water by river current
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; swinging-vane rotary pump; spur gear and lantern; worm and worm gear; lantern and crown gear; slotted-head screw.
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Plate 49: Device for raising water from a river
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; gated-lobe rotary pump; spur gear and lantern.
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Plate 50: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a well
- 1588
Mechanics: hand crank; machine crank; lift pump; flap valve; chain drive; flywheel.
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Plate 48: Device for raising water from a river
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; noria; Archimedean screw; spur gear and lantern; lantern and crown gear.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Water-power, Water-wheels, Machinery
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Plate 47: Device for raising water from a spring by canal current
- 1588
Mechanics: horizontal submerged waterwheel; Archimedean screw; lantern and crown gear.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Water-power, Water-wheels, Machinery
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Plate 46: Device for raising water from a spring
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; noria; Archimedean screw; spur gear and lantern; angle spur gears.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Water-power, Water-wheels, Machinery
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Plate 45: Device for raising water from a canal, river, or spring
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; noria; Archimedean screw; angle crown gears; lantern and crown gear.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Water-power, Water-wheels, Machinery
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Plate 44: Device for raising water from a canal
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; noria.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Water-power, Water-wheels, Machinery
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Plate 43: Device for raising and carrying river water to a lawn
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; noria.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Water-power, Water-wheels, Machinery
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Plate 42: Device for raising water from a canal
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; noria; lantern and crown gear.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Water-power, Water-wheels, Machinery
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Plate 41: Device for raising water from a river
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; noria; spur gear and lantern.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Water-power, Water-wheels, Machinery
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Plate 39: Device for raising water from a low place by canal current
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; swinging-vane rotary pump; chain drive.
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Plate 40: Device for raising water from a low place by canal current
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; gated-lobe rotary pump; conical valve; spur gear and lantern; worm and worm gear.
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Plate 38: Device for raising water from a spring by channel current
- 1588
Mechanics: overshot waterwheel; sliding-vane rotary pump.
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Plate 37: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a well
- 1588
The man looking out of the grilled window in the background foreshadows the section on screw-jacks (Plates 154–167).
Mechanics: machine crank; inertia chain; lift pump; flap valve.
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Plate 36: Device for raising water from a low place by river current
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; machine crank; force pump; chain equalizer; horizontal working beam.
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Plate 35: Device for raising water from a low place by river or canal current
- 1588
Mechanics: horizontal submerged waterwheel; interrupted crown gear and lanterns; chain equalizer; horizontal working beam.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Water-power, Water-wheels, Machinery
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Plate 34: Device for raising water from a low place by river or canal current
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; double interrupted crown gears and lantern gear; lantern and rack; horizontal working beam; bell crank.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Water-power, Water-wheels, Machinery
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Plate 33: Device for raising water from a pond, lake, or marsh by river or canal current
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; double interrupted crown gears and lantern gear; worm and worm gear; horizontal working beam; bell crank.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Water-power, Water-wheels, Machinery
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Plate 32: Single-person-operated device for raising water from a well or cistern
- 1588
Mechanics: hand crank; force pump; flap valve; interrupted lanterns and spur gear sectors; chain equalizer; flywheel.