Illustration showing, Multiple suction pumps
Mine drainage illustration: Man in centre left of picture is boring lengths of wood with borers and augers to form pipes. Man on centre right is working the piston rod of a suction pump to rais e water from a mine (water is running out of pipe, G).In the left foreground are lengths of pipe to be joined, and various internal pump parts. From Agricola De re metallica, Basle, 1556
Picture No
13912172
Media ID
48470585
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4864px x 4311px
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Credit
World History Archive / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
World History Archive





























