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Pandora, das ist, Die edleste Gab Gottes
- Pandora, That Is, the Noblest Gift of God
- 1582
First edition. This copy lacks parts of pages 2 and 7 as well as pages 183-184 and 255-256. The missing text on pages 2 and 7 was replaced in handwritten pencil at an unknown date. The work was edited by the physician…
- Author Epimetheus, Franciscus
- Editor Reusner, Hieronymus, b. 1558
- Printer Apiarius, Samuel, -1590
- Subject Alchemy, Medicine, Reusner, Hieronymus, b. 1558, Mythology, Greek, Symbolism in art
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Albert Le Grand Evesque de Ratisbonne
- Circa 1584
This wood engraving portrays Albertus Magnus (1193?-1280), also known as Saint Albert the Great and Albert of Cologne, who was a German Dominican friar and Catholic bishop. The inscription "Albert Le Grand Evesque de…
- Contributor Thevet, André, 1502-1590
- Subject Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280
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Geber Alchymiste Arabe
- Circa 1584
This depiction of 8th-century Arabic polymath Abu Mūsā Jābir ibn Hayyān, westernized by Europeans as "Geber," comes from chapter 33 of the publication Les vrais pourtraits et vies des hommes illustres grecz, latins et…
- Contributor Thevet, André, 1502-1590
- Subject Alchemists, Jābir ibn Ḥayyān, Muslim scholars, Alchemy
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Hernry [Henri] Corneille Agrippa
- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
- Circa 1584
This depiction of German polymath, physician, legal scholar, soldier, theologian, and occult writer Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim (1486–1535) comes from chapter 107 of the publication Les vrais pourtraits et…
- Contributor Thevet, André, 1502-1590
- Subject Agrippa von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius, 1486?-1535
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Pythagoras Philosophe
- Circa 1584
This representation of the ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras, who was greatly revered in the Renaissance era, comes from chapter 25 of the publication Les vrais pourtraits et vies des hommes…
- Contributor Thevet, André, 1502-1590
- Subject Pythagoras, Mathematicians, Philosophers
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Frontispiece: Portrait of Agostino Ramelli
- 1588
Agostino Ramelli is shown enacting his role as military engineer: he rests his left hand on a helmet and uses his right to measure a model fortification with a compass. The portrait is set within an elaborate and…
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Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli
- The Various and Ingenious Machines of Captain Agostino Ramelli
- 1588
Le diverse et artificiose machine belongs to a new genre that emerged in the late 16th century, the "theatre of machines," which offered original mechanical solutions to the problems of everyday life. Ramelli's book…
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Plate 100: Device for draining water from a swamp or foundation by river current
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; horizontal crankshaft; force pump; horizontal working beam; crank and connecting rod.
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Plate 101: Device for draining water from a swamp or pool by river current
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; Archimedean screw; angle spur gears; lantern and crown gear.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Water-power, Water-wheels, Machinery
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Plate 102: Device for two men to drain water from a foundation
- 1588
Mechanics: hand crank; force pump; spur gear and lantern; spur gear and rack.
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Plate 103: Device for two men to drain water from a foundation
- 1588
Mechanics: hand crank; force pump.
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Plate 104: Single-person-operated device to drain water from a marsh, pool, or foundation
- 1588
Mechanics: hand crank; force pump; worm and worm gear; spur gear and rack.
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Plate 105: Device for two men to drain water from a marsh or foundation
- 1588
Mechanics: capstan bars; oscillating double-wing pump.
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Plate 106: Device for two men to drain water from a foundation, marsh, or pool
- 1588
Mechanics: hand crank; swinging-vane rotary pump; spur gear and lantern.
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Plate 107: Device for two men to drain water from a marsh or foundation
- 1588
Mechanics: hand crank; swinging-vane rotary pump; spur gear and lantern.
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Plate 108: Device for two men to drain water from a marsh or foundation
- 1588
Mechanics: hand crank; sliding-vane rotary pump.
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Plate 109: Device for two men to drain water from a marsh or foundation
- 1588
Mechanics: hand crank; gated-lobe rotary pump.
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Plate 10: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a well
- 1588
Mechanics: hand crank; force pump; double interrupted crown gears and lantern gear; worm and worm gear; lantern and rack; flywheel; roller guides.
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Plate 110: Device for two men to drain water from a foundation, marsh, or pool
- 1588
Mechanics: hand crank; horizontal crankshaft; force pump; horizontal working beam; crank and connecting rod; flywheel.
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Plate 111: Cofferdam used to drain relatively high water
- 1588
Workmen use buckets to drain water from the section walled off by the cofferdam in order to secure foundations for construction.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Cofferdams, Machinery, Water
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Plate 112: Cofferdam used to drain relatively low water
- 1588
Workmen use shadoofs, counterweighted buckets on poles, to drain water from the section walled off by the cofferdam in order to secure foundations for construction.
Mechanics: shadoof.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Cofferdams, Machinery, Water
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Plate 113: Grain mill powered by channel current
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; spur gear and lantern; lantern and crown gear.
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Plate 115: Grain mill powered by channel running off an elevated pool
- 1588
Mechanics: horizontal waterwheel; spur gear and lantern.
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Plate 116: Grain mill powered by water running off an elevated pool or fountain
- 1588
The water is then pumped back to the source.
Mechanics: overshot waterwheel; horizontal crankshaft; force pump; lantern and crown gear; crank and connecting rod.