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Water-wheels

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  • Hydraulics: a water-wheel with a pressure relieving device, side elevation. Engraving by J. B. Taylor after J. Pinchback.
  • A water-wheel, cistern and detail of water-wheel for raising water at Blair Drummond, Perthshire. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Five diagrams of a cider mill, cider press and water-wheel. Engraving, c. 1790 (?).
  • A Japanese fisherman on a lake shore pulling in his nets. Watercolour, c.1860.
  • Hydraulics: a water-wheel with a pressure relieving device, end elevation and plan. Engraving by J. B. Taylor after J. Pinchback.
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    Hydraulics: different kinds of waterwheel. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1817, after J. Farey.

    Farey, John, 1791-1851. | Date: 1816 | Reference: 45356i
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    A waterfall in Amalfi, driving a wheel outside an iron-works or iron mine. Drawing by J.Ph. Hackert, 1790.

    Hackert, Philipp, 1737-1807. | Date: 1790 | Reference: 47862i
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    Hydraulics: different kinds of waterwheel. Lithograph by Mackay & Kirkwood, 1860.

    | Date: [1860] | Reference: 46083i
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    Hydraulics: six different kinds of waterwheel, used for lifting weights. Engraving c.1861.

    | Date: 1861 | Reference: 46042i
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    Hydraulics: a water-wheel with a pressure relieving device, end elevation and plan. Engraving by J. B. Taylor after J. Pinchback.

    Pinchback, J. | Reference: 45321i
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