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Plate 78: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a very deep well
- 1588
Mechanics: bucket; internal spur gear and lantern pinion; lantern and crown gear; roller thrust bearing.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Wells, Machinery
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Plate 77: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a very deep well
- 1588
Mechanics: hand crank; bucket; flywheel.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Wells, Machinery
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Plate 76: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a very deep well
- 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
- 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
- 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
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Plate 73: Windmill for drawing water from a well
- 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.
…- 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
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; force pump; chain equalizer; roller guides.
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Plate 71: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a well
- 1588
Mechanics: hand crank; interrupted lantern and racks; chain equalizer; roller guides.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Wells, Machinery
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Plate 70: Device for raising water from a canal
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; force pump; interrupted lantern and racks; chain equalizer; roller guides.
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Plate 69: Device for raising water from a low place by canal current
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; oscillating wing pump; conical valve; double interrupted crown gears and lantern gear; worm and worm gear.
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Plate 68: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a well
- 1588
Mechanics: hand crank; vertical crankshaft; oscillating wing pump; conical valve; spur gear and lantern; worm and worm gear; crank and connecting rod; flywheel.
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Plate 67: Device for raising water from a river
- 1588
Mechanics: horizontal submerged waterwheel; oscillating wing pump; conical valve; double interrupted crown gears and lantern gear; double worm and reversing racks; roller guides.
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Plate 66: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a well
- 1588
Mechanics: hand crank; machine crank; bellows pump; horizontal working beam; flywheel.
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Plate 65: Device for raising water from a canal
- 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…
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Plate 64: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a well
- 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…
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Plate 63: Device for raising water from a canal
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; force pump; conical valve; double interrupted crown gears and lantern gear; spur gear and lantern; motion converter (rotating to linear).
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Plate 62: Device for draining water from a pool or marsh by river current
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; lift pump; lantern and crown gear; Cylinder cam with multiple lobes.
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Plate 61: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a well
- 1588
Mechanics: hand crank; machine crank; lift pump; flap valve; horizontal working beam; flywheel.
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Plate 120: Grain mill powered by water current or horse
- 1588
Millstone can be raised and lowered by counterweights.
Mechanics: horse whim; spur gear and lantern.
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Plate 119: Grain mill powered by channel current
- 1588
Millstone can be raised or lowered by a wedge. This mill grinds and sifts flour at same time.
Mechanics: overshot waterwheel; lantern and crown gear.
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Plate 118: Grain mill powered by channel current
- 1588
Millstone can be raised and lowered by a lever.
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; lantern and crown gear.
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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.
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Plate 117: Grain mill powered by river current
- 1588
Millstone can be raised and lowered by screws to accommodate change in river levels. Boards attached to beam S, which can be raised or lowered, modulate the river's force through the mill.
Mechanics: undershot…
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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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