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De Re Metallica
Illustration showing machine using dippers to draw water out of shafts where ore is being excavated, from 1912 English translation of Georgius Agricola's DE RE METALLICA (1556) by Herbert Clark Hoover and Lou Henry Hoover. Some drawings by BasiliusWefring.
Date taken:1901
Size:771 x 1280 pixels (10.7 x 17.8 inches)

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