Roller mill. 16th-century illustration of the workings of a machine with rotary parts, an example of a roller mill. This illustration is from 'Le Dive

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Roller mill. 16th-century illustration of the workings of a machine with rotary parts, an example of a roller mill. 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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