Illustration of workers bringing grain to a watermill for grinding, c. 1580-1605. On the upper level of the watermill are workers emptying out the contents of the sacks into large metal funnels. On the right are more watermills in the distance. The watermill was invented around the 3rd century BC. The Invention of the Watermill, tenth plate from a print series entitled Nova Reperta (New Inventions of Modern Times) consisting of a title page and 19 plates, engraved by Jan Collaert I, after Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, and published by Philips Galle.

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