Rotary reading wheel. 16th-century illustration of the workings of a rotating wheel used to display and read books. This illustration is from 'Le Dive

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Rotary reading wheel. 16th-century illustration of the workings of a rotating wheel used to display and read books. This illustration is from 'Le Diverse et Artificiose Machine' (1588) by Italian engineer Agostino Ramelli (). This work contains nearly 200 designs for devices, many of them water-raising machines including water wheels, pumps, mills, fountains, and wells.

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Size: 2977px × 4273px
Photo credit: © LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, RARE BOOK AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS DIVISION/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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