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Plate 28: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a well
- 1588
Mechanics: hand crank; lift pump; grooved eccentric cam; horizontal working beam; roller guides.
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Plate 27: Device for raising water from a low place by river or canal current
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; lift pump; grooved eccentric cam; horizontal working beam; roller guides.
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Plate 26: Device for raising water from a low place by river or canal current
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; lift pump; double interrupted crown gears and lantern gear; double worm and reversing racks; horizontal working beam; roller guides.
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Plate 25: Device for raising water from a low place by river or canal current
- 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).
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Plate 24: Device for raising water from a river or spring by river or canal current
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; force pump; flap valve; double interrupted crown gears and lantern gear; worm and worm gear; lantern and crown gear; motion converter (rotating to linear).
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Plate 23: Device for raising water from a low place by river or canal current
- 1588
Mechanics: horizontal submerged waterwheel; force pump; flap valve; double interrupted crown gears and lantern gear; worm and worm gear; lantern and rack.
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Plate 22: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a well
- 1588
Mechanics: hand crank; force pump; conical valve; double interrupted crown gears and lantern gear; worm and worm gear; lantern and crown gear; horizontal working beam; flywheel.
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Plate 21: Device for raising water from a low place by river or canal current
- 1588
Mechanics: horizontal submerged waterwheel; force pump; conical valve; double interrupted crown gears and lantern gear; worm and worm gear.
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Plate 20: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a well
- 1588
The well is decorated with a monstrous female figure who dispenses water from her breasts.
Mechanics: hand crank; force pump; flap valve; interrupted spur gear and racks; flywheel; roller guides.
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Plate 1: Device for raising water from a river or fountain by river current
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; force pump; conical valve; double interrupted crown gears and lantern gear; double worm and reversing racks; motion converter (rotating to linear); roller guides.
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Plate 19: Device for raising water from a low place by river or canal current
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; force pump; conical valve; interrupted spur gear and racks; horizontal working beam; roller guides.
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Plate 18: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a well
- 1588
Mechanics: hand crank; force pump; conical valve; double interrupted crown gears and lantern gear; spur gear and lantern; flywheel.
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Plate 17: Device for raising water from a low place by river or canal current
- 1588
Mechanics: horizontal submerged waterwheel; force pump; conical valve; double interrupted crown gears and lantern gear; spur gear and lantern; horizontal working beam.
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Plate 16: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a well
- 1588
The fountain is elaborately decorated with dolphins, their tails entwined.
Mechanics: hand crank; force pump; flap valve; double interrupted crown gears and lantern gear; spur gear and lantern; horizontal working beam.
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Plate 15: Device for raising water by river current
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; toroidal force pump; flap valve; double interrupted crown gears and lantern gear; lantern and crown gear; roller guides.
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Plate 14: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a well
- 1588
Mechanics: hand crank; toroidal lift pump; flap valve; worm and worm gear.
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Plate 13: Device for raising water from a river, marsh, or fountain by river or canal current
- 1588
Mechanics: horizontal submerged waterwheel; toroidal force pump; conical valve; interrupted crown gear and lanterns; worm and worm gear.
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Plate 137: Mill to run bellows in double iron forge, powered by canal current
- 1588
The parallel reciprocating bars used in this device are also known as stangenkunst.
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; machine crank; bell crank; parallelogram linkage; parallel reciprocating bars.
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Plate 136: Timber sawmill to cut wood and make boards, powered by canal current
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; machine crank; bell crank; roller guides.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Water-power, Sawmills, Machinery
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Plate 135: Double mill to grind grain and cut stone, powered by channel current
- 1588
Mechanics: overshot waterwheel; horizontal waterwheel; machine crank; spur gear and lantern; worm and worm gear; lantern and crown gear.
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Plate 12: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a well
- 1588
Mechanics: internal vertical treadwheel; force pump; conical valve; double interrupted crown gears and lantern gear; worm and worm gear; horizontal working beam.
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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 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…