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Title page from Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli [The Various and Ingenious Machines of Captain Agostino Ramelli]
- 1588
The book's title is set within an architectural frame embellished with antique ornamental motifs, weapons, armor, and symbols of warfare and siege.
This title page is a facsimile reproduction, hence the lower quality…
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Engraver Gaultier, Léonard, 1561-1641
- Subject Title pages, Machinery
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Plates 148 & 149: Bridge for crossing a river with shallow water
- 1588
Bridge with retracting sections, supported in the water by legs.
Mechanics: winch; roller guides.
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Plate 9: Device for raising water from a low place by river current
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; force pump; double interrupted crown gears and lantern gear; lantern and rack; lantern and crown gear; roller guides.
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Plate 99: Device for draining water from a swamp or foundation by river current
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; noria.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Water-power, Water-wheels, Machinery
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Plate 98: Device for draining water from a swamp or foundation by river current
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; chain of buckets.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Water-power, Water-wheels, Machinery
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Plate 97: Device for draining water from a marsh, pool, 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 96: Device for raising water from a river or pool by river current
- 1588
The water is not enclosed within this device.
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; noria; rocking troughs; interrupted lantern and racks; chain equalizer.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Water-power, Water-wheels, Machinery
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Plate 95: Device for raising water up a mountain
- 1588
The plate-designer's schematic mountains echo the peaks and valleys of the parallel reciprocating bars, which are are also known as stangenkunst.
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; noria; rocking troughs; double…
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Water-power, Water-wheels, Machinery
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Plate 94: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a well
- 1588
Mechanics: internal vertical treadwheel; machine crank; force pump; spur gear and lantern; chain drive; chain equalizer.
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Plate 93: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a well
- 1588
Mechanics: internal vertical treadwheel; swinging-vane rotary pump; spur gear and lantern; worm and worm gear; lantern and crown gear; chain drive.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Pumping machinery, Wells, Rotary pumps, Machinery, Hand pumps
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Plate 92: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a very deep well
- 1588
This device requires a relatively small amount of rope.
Mechanics: inertia chain; bucket.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Wells, Machinery
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Plate 91: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a very deep well
- 1588
This device requires a relatively small amount of rope.
Mechanics: hand crank; bucket; flywheel.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Wells, Machinery
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Plate 90: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a very deep well
- 1588
Mechanics: hand crank; bucket; Spur gears; spur gear and lantern.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Wells, Machinery
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Plate 8: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a well
- 1588
This is the only image showing a woman as the prime mover of a machine.
Mechanics: hand crank; force pump; conical valve; interrupted crown gear and lanterns; double worm and reversing racks; roller guides.
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Plate 89: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a very deep well
- 1588
Mechanics: hand crank; bucket; spur gear and lantern; flywheel.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Wells, Machinery
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Plate 88: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a very deep well
- 1588
Mechanics: hand crank; bucket; spur gear and lantern.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Wells, Machinery
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Plate 87: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a cistern
- 1588
Mechanics: internal vertical treadwheel; chain of buckets; spur gear and lantern; roller shaft bearing.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Cisterns, Machinery
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Plate 86: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a well
- 1588
Mechanics: inertia chain; bucket; flywheel; roller shaft bearing.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Wells, Machinery
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Plate 85: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a very deep well
- 1588
Mechanics: vertical crankshaft; bucket; spur gear and lantern.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Wells, Machinery
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Plate 84: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a very deep well
- 1588
Mechanics: vertical crankshaft; bucket; lantern and crown gear; flywheel.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Wells, Machinery
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Plate 83: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a very deep well
- 1588
Mechanics: external vertical treadwheel; bucket; spur gear and lantern.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Wells, Machinery
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Plate 82: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a very deep well
- 1588
Mechanics: hand crank; bucket; spur gear and lantern; flywheel.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Wells, Machinery
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Plate 81: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a very deep well
- 1588
Mechanics: external vertical treadwheel; bucket; spur gear and lantern.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Wells, Machinery
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Plate 80: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a very deep well
- 1588
Mechanics: horizontal spoked treadwheel; bucket; spur gear and lantern; roller shaft bearing.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Wells, Machinery
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Plate 7: Device for raising water from a low place by river current
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; lift pump; double interrupted crown gears and lantern gear; worm and worm gear; double worm and reversing racks; lantern and crown gear; roller guides.