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Plate 29: Device for raising water from a river, pond, or lake by river or canal current
- 1588
Mechanics: horizontal submerged waterwheel; horizontal crankshaft; lift pump; spur gear and lantern; lantern and crown gear; horizontal working beam; crank and connecting rod.
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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 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 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 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 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 38: Device for raising water from a spring by channel current
- 1588
Mechanics: overshot waterwheel; sliding-vane rotary pump.
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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 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 41: Device for raising water from a river
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; noria; spur gear and lantern.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Water-power, Water-wheels, Machinery
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Plate 9: Device for raising water from a low place by river current
- 1588
Mechanics: undershot waterwheel; force pump; double interrupted crown gears and lantern gear; lantern and rack; lantern and crown gear; roller guides.
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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 82: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a very deep well
- 1588
Mechanics: hand crank; bucket; spur gear and lantern; flywheel.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Wells, Machinery
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Plate 30: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a well
- 1588
Mechanics: hand crank; horizontal crankshaft; lift pump; horizontal working beam; crank and connecting rod; flywheel.
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Plate 37: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a well
- 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.
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Plate 6: Device for drawing water from a well
- 1588
Mechanics: hand crank; horizontal crankshaft; lift pump; worm and worm gear; lantern and crown gear; crank and connecting rod; flywheel.
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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 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 91: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a very deep well
- 1588
This device requires a relatively small amount of rope.
Mechanics: hand crank; bucket; flywheel.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Wells, Machinery
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Plate 85: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a very deep well
- 1588
Mechanics: vertical crankshaft; bucket; spur gear and lantern.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Wells, Machinery
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Plate 32: Single-person-operated device for raising water from a well or cistern
- 1588
Mechanics: hand crank; force pump; flap valve; interrupted lanterns and spur gear sectors; chain equalizer; flywheel.
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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 84: Single-person-operated device for drawing water from a very deep well
- 1588
Mechanics: vertical crankshaft; bucket; lantern and crown gear; flywheel.
- Author Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600
- Subject Wells, Machinery
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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 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.
