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De Re Metallica
Illustration showing pump using water wheels and trough configuration 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. Somedrawings by Basilius
Date taken:1901
Size:1280 x 1215 pixels (17.8 x 16.9 inches)

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