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Plate 43: Device for raising and carrying river water to a lawn
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; noria.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Water-power, Water-wheels, Machinery
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Plate 44: Device for raising water from a canal
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; noria.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Water-power, Water-wheels, Machinery
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Plate 45: Device for raising water from a canal, river, or spring
- 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
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Plate 46: Device for raising water from a spring
- 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
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Plate 47: Device for raising water from a spring by canal current
- 1588
Mechanics: horizontal submerged waterwheel; Archimedean screw; lantern and crown gear.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Water-power, Water-wheels, Machinery
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Plate 48: Device for raising water from a river
- 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
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Plate 49: Device for raising water from a river
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; gated-lobe rotary pump; spur gear and lantern.
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Plate 4: Device for raising water from a river
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; force pump; conical valve; double interrupted crown gears and lantern gear; spur gear and lantern; horizontal working beam.
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Plate 50: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a well
- 1588
Mechanics: hand crank; machine crank; lift pump; flap valve; chain drive; flywheel.
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Plate 51: Device for raising river, canal, or pond water by river current
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; swinging-vane rotary pump; spur gear and lantern; worm and worm gear; lantern and crown gear; slotted-head screw.
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Plate 52: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a well
- 1588
Mechanics: hand crank; swinging-vane rotary pump; spur gear and lantern; worm and worm gear; lantern and crown gear; flywheel; slotted-head screw.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Pumping machinery, Wells, Rotary pumps, Machinery, Hand pumps
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Plate 53: Device for raising water from a river or low place by river current
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; oscillating double-wing pump; double interrupted crown gears and lantern gear; spur gear and lantern; worm and worm gear.
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Plate 54: Device for raising water from a low place by canal current
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; toroidal force pump; conical valve; double interrupted crown gears and lantern gear; lantern and rack; horizontal working beam; roller guides.
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Plate 55: Device for raising water from a pond by canal current
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; force pump; lantern and crown gear; grooved eccentric cam; bell crank.
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Plate 56: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a well or cistern
- 1588
This device 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.
Mechanics: hand crank; paternoster chain pump; flywheel.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Pumping machinery, Cisterns, Wells, Machinery, Hand pumps
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Plate 57: Device for raising water from a canal
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; force pump; cylinder cam with single lobe; roller guides.
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Plate 58: Device for raising water from a river
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; force pump; conical valve; double interrupted crown gears and lantern gear; worm and worm gear; horizontal working beam; bell crank.
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Plate 59: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a well
- 1588
Mechanics: horizontal spoked treadwheel; force pump; conical valve; double interrupted crown gears and lantern gear; spur gear and lantern; horizontal working beam.
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Plate 5: Device for raising water by river current
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; horizontal crankshaft; lift pump; conical valve; worm and worm gear; lantern and crown gear; crank and connecting rod; slotted-head screw.
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Plate 60: Device for raising water from a low place by river current
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; force pump; conical valve; lantern and crown gear; Three-lobed disc cam; bell crank.
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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 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 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 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 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…