Raising water from a mine using two sets of overshot water wheels and suction pumps. From 'De re metallica', by Agricola, pseudonym of Georg Bauer (Basle, 1556). Woodcut.

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Raising water from a mine using two sets of overshot water wheels and suction pumps. From 'De re metallica', by Agricola, pseudonym of Georg Bauer (Basle, 1556). Woodcut.

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