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This digital collection features a broad spectrum of materials related to water quality, testing, and analysis, including advertisements, museum objects, oral history interviews, photographs, and print materials. Other subjects represented in the collection include distillation and filtration, water-power, water-hardness and softening, and the extraction of magnesium from seawater.

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  • Unknown 4

  • Corporations132
  • Machinery124
  • Chemical industry123
  • Water purification chemicals industry97
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  • Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600112
  • Dearborn Chemical Company96
  • Dow Chemical Company26
  • C. & C. Photo Service21
  • Whipple, George Chandler, 1866-192421
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  • Photographs115
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  • Image316
  • Text82
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  • English79
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  • Rare books, Engravings

    Plate 50: 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; lift pump; flap valve; chain drive; flywheel.

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

    Plate 48: Device for raising water from a river

    • Part of Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli
    • 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
  • Rare books, Engravings

    Plate 47: Device for raising water from a spring by canal current

    • Part of Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli
    • 1588

    Mechanics: horizontal submerged waterwheel; Archimedean screw; lantern and crown gear.

    • Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
    • Subject Water-power, Water-wheels, Machinery
  • Rare books, Engravings

    Plate 46: Device for raising water from a spring

    • Part of Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli
    • 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
  • Rare books, Engravings

    Plate 45: Device for raising water from a canal, river, or spring

    • Part of Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli
    • 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
  • Rare books, Engravings

    Plate 44: Device for raising water from a canal

    • Part of Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli
    • 1588

    Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; noria.

    • Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
    • Subject Water-power, Water-wheels, Machinery
  • Rare books, Engravings

    Plate 43: Device for raising and carrying river water to a lawn

    • Part of Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli
    • 1588

    Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; noria.

    • Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
    • Subject Water-power, Water-wheels, Machinery
  • Rare books, Engravings

    Plate 42: Device for raising water from a canal

    • Part of Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli
    • 1588

    Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; noria; lantern and crown gear.

    • Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
    • Subject Water-power, Water-wheels, Machinery
  • Rare books, Engravings

    Plate 41: Device for raising water from a river

    • Part of Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli
    • 1588

    Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; noria; spur gear and lantern.

    • Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
    • Subject Water-power, Water-wheels, Machinery
  • Rare books, Engravings

    Plate 39: 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; swinging-vane rotary pump; chain drive.

    • Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
    • Subject Pumping machinery, Water-power, Rotary pumps, Machinery
  • Rare books, Engravings

    Plate 40: 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; gated-lobe rotary pump; conical valve; spur gear and lantern; worm and worm gear.

    • Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
    • Subject Pumping machinery, Water-power, Rotary pumps, Machinery
  • Rare books, Engravings

    Plate 38: Device for raising water from a spring by channel current

    • Part of Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli
    • 1588

    Mechanics: overshot waterwheel; sliding-vane rotary pump.

    • Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
    • Subject Pumping machinery, Water-power, Rotary pumps, Machinery
  • Rare books, Engravings

    Plate 37: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a well

    • Part of Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli
    • 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.

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

    Plate 36: Device for raising water from a low place by river current

    • Part of Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli
    • 1588

    Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; machine crank; force pump; chain equalizer; horizontal working beam.

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

    Plate 35: Device for raising water from a low place by river or canal current

    • Part of Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli
    • 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
  • Rare books, Engravings

    Plate 34: Device for raising water from a low place by river or canal current

    • Part of Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli
    • 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
  • Rare books, Engravings

    Plate 33: Device for raising water from a pond, lake, or marsh by river or canal current

    • Part of Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli
    • 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
  • Rare books, Engravings

    Plate 32: Single-person-operated device for raising water from a well or cistern

    • Part of Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli
    • 1588

    Mechanics: hand crank; force pump; flap valve; interrupted lanterns and spur gear sectors; chain equalizer; flywheel.

    • Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
    • Subject Pumping machinery, Cisterns, Wells, Machinery, Hand pumps, Reciprocating pumps
  • Rare books, Engravings

    Plate 31: Device for raising water from a river or canal

    • Part of Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli
    • 1588

    Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; interrupted lanterns and spur gear sectors; chain equalizer.

    • Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
    • Subject Water-power, Water-wheels, Machinery
  • Rare books, Engravings

    Plate 30: 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; horizontal crankshaft; lift pump; horizontal working beam; crank and connecting rod; flywheel.

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

    Plate 29: Device for raising water from a river, pond, or lake by river or canal current

    • Part of Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli
    • 1588

    Mechanics: horizontal submerged waterwheel; horizontal crankshaft; lift pump; spur gear and lantern; lantern and crown gear; horizontal working beam; crank and connecting rod.

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

    Plate 28: 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; lift pump; grooved eccentric cam; horizontal working beam; roller guides.

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

    Plate 27: Device for raising water from a low place by river or canal current

    • Part of Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli
    • 1588

    Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; lift pump; grooved eccentric cam; horizontal working beam; roller guides.

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

    Plate 26: Device for raising water from a low place by river or canal current

    • Part of Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli
    • 1588

    Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; lift pump; double interrupted crown gears and lantern gear; double worm and reversing racks; horizontal working beam; roller guides.

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

    Plate 25: Device for raising water from a low place by river or canal current

    • Part of Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli
    • 1588

    Mechanics: horizontal submerged waterwheel; force pump; flap valve; double interrupted crown gears and lantern gear; spur gear and lantern; worm and worm gear; motion converter (rotating to linear).

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