Labourers in turban and dhoti working an oil mill, India, 18th century. This ox-driven machine moves a pestle in a large mortar to extract oil from seeds, sesame, coconuts. Moulin a huile. Copperplate engraving by Jean-Baptiste Marie Poisson after an illustration by Pierre Sonnerat from his Voyage aux Indes Orientales et à la Chine (Voyage to the East Indies and China, Dentu, Paris, 1806.

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