Illustration from Theatrum Machinarum Novum 1661 by Georg Andreas Böckler; Multiple grain milling wheels


Illustration from Theatrum Machinarum Novum 1661 by Georg Andreas Böckler; Multiple grain milling wheels are driven from a single power source; power is being generated by Oxen. The grain hoppers are loaded from outside the building through windows so that people would not have to work inside the mill with all the rotating machinery.


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