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Plate 76: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a very deep well

Part of Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli

1588

Mechanics: internal vertical treadwheel; bucket; roller shaft bearing.

Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
Subject Wells, Machinery

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Plate 75: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a deep well

Part of Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli

1588

Mechanics: hand crank; bucket; flywheel.

Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
Subject Wells, Machinery

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Plate 74: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a well

Part of Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli

1588

Mechanics: horizontal spoked treadwheel; conical valve; worm and worm gear; lantern and crown gear; motion converter (rotating to linear).

Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
Subject Wells, Machinery

Rare books, Engravings

Plate 73: Windmill for drawing water from a well

Part of Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli

1588

Cap with sales can be rotated by rudder to catch optimal wind. This windmill uses a paternoster pump, named for its resemblance to a rosary. Also known as a "rag and chain" pump or a "rubber bucket chain" pump.
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Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
Subject Wind power, Pumping machinery, Wells, Windmills, Machinery

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Plate 72: Device for raising water from a low place by canal current

Part of Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli

1588

Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; force pump; chain equalizer; roller guides.

Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
Subject Pumping machinery, Reciprocating pumps, Water-power, Machinery

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Plate 71: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a well

Part of Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli

1588

Mechanics: hand crank; interrupted lantern and racks; chain equalizer; roller guides.

Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
Subject Wells, Machinery

Rare books, Engravings

Plate 70: Device for raising water from a canal

Part of Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli

1588

Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; force pump; interrupted lantern and racks; chain equalizer; roller guides.

Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
Subject Pumping machinery, Reciprocating pumps, Water-power, Machinery

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Plate 69: Device for raising water from a low place by canal current

Part of Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli

1588

Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; oscillating wing pump; conical valve; double interrupted crown gears and lantern gear; worm and worm gear.

Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
Subject Pumping machinery, Reciprocating pumps, Water-power, Machinery

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Plate 67: Device for raising water from a river

Part of Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli

1588

Mechanics: horizontal submerged waterwheel; oscillating wing pump; conical valve; double interrupted crown gears and lantern gear; double worm and reversing racks; roller guides.

Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
Subject Pumping machinery, Reciprocating pumps, Water-power, Machinery

Rare books, Engravings

Plate 68: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a well

Part of Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli

1588

Mechanics: hand crank; vertical crankshaft; oscillating wing pump; conical valve; spur gear and lantern; worm and worm gear; crank and connecting rod; flywheel.

Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
Subject Pumping machinery, Reciprocating pumps, Wells, Machinery, Hand pumps

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Plate 66: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a well

Part of Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli

1588

Mechanics: hand crank; machine crank; bellows pump; horizontal working beam; flywheel.

Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
Subject Pumping machinery, Reciprocating pumps, Wells, Machinery, Hand pumps

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Plate 65: Device for raising water from a canal

Part of Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli

1588

The building housing the device is ornately decorated with male and female caryatids, vegetal motifs, scrollwork, fish, hybrid water creatures; the door is surmounted by a heraldic coat of arms.

Mechanics: horizontal…

Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
Subject Pumping machinery, Reciprocating pumps, Water-power, Machinery

Rare books, Engravings

Plate 64: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a well

Part of Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli

1588

The well is decorated with a monstrous female figure who gazes in the mirror and dispenses water from her breasts.

Mechanics: hand crank; force pump; conical valve; double interrupted crown gears and lantern gear; spur…

Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
Subject Pumping machinery, Reciprocating pumps, Wells, Machinery, Hand pumps

Rare books, Engravings

Plate 63: Device for raising water from a canal

Part of Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli

1588

Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; force pump; conical valve; double interrupted crown gears and lantern gear; spur gear and lantern; motion converter (rotating to linear).