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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 115: Grain mill powered by channel running off an elevated pool
- 1588
Mechanics: horizontal waterwheel; spur gear and lantern.
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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 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 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 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 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 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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Advertisement about using various models of Beckman pH meters for monitoring water quality in industrial settings.
Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist from the California…
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Beckman Water Quality System
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- Photographer Photomation
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Water quality, Water quality--Measurement, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Water Quality System
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The Beckman Water Quality System incorporates Hach Company instruments.
- Photographer Photomation
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Water quality, Water quality--Measurement, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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