Water pump. 16th-century illustration of men operating a pump being used to remove flood water from behind a wall and discharge it into the sea or a r

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Water pump. 16th-century illustration of men operating a pump being used to remove flood water from behind a wall and discharge it into the sea or a river. 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. This is an example of a rotary pump.

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