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"Zonca 1607, watermill & edge runner"
Part of Richard Hills Collection
Vittorio Zonca (1568–1603) was an Italian engineer and writer. He wrote the Theater of machines, which was published in Padua in 1607 four years after his death.[
Hills, Richard Leslie (1936-2019), historian and clergyman
"Zonca 1607, undershot waterwheel"
Part of Richard Hills Collection
Vittorio Zonca (1568–1603) was an Italian engineer and writer. He wrote the Theater of machines, which was published in Padua in 1607 four years after his death.
Hills, Richard Leslie (1936-2019), historian and clergyman
"Zonca 1607, overshot waterwheels (duplicate)"
Part of Richard Hills Collection
Vittorio Zonca (1568–1603) was an Italian engineer and writer. He wrote the Theater of machines, which was published in Padua in 1607 four years after his death.
Hills, Richard Leslie (1936-2019), historian and clergyman
"Zonca 1607, water wheel floating at bridge"
Part of Richard Hills Collection
Vittorio Zonca (1568–1603) was an Italian engineer and writer. He wrote the Theater of machines, which was published in Padua in 1607 four years after his death.
Hills, Richard Leslie (1936-2019), historian and clergyman
"Zonca 1607, overshot waterwheel"
Part of Richard Hills Collection
Vittorio Zonca (1568–1603) was an Italian engineer and writer. He wrote the Theater of machines, which was published in Padua in 1607 four years after his death.
Hills, Richard Leslie (1936-2019), historian and clergyman
"Zonca 1607, waterwheel & set of vertical stamps"
Part of Richard Hills Collection
Vittorio Zonca (1568–1603) was an Italian engineer and writer. He wrote the Theater of machines, which was published in Padua in 1607 four years after his death.
Hills, Richard Leslie (1936-2019), historian and clergyman
Part of Richard Hills Collection
Hills, Richard Leslie (1936-2019), historian and clergyman
From the Diderot Folio, Plate II of VIII; showing plan of stamps and waterwheel. Diderot's 18th Century "Encylopedie" contains many attractive and informative diagrams.
Benard, Robert (1734-1777), engraver
Jeffreys, Thomas (c 1719-1771), engraver
"Poudre à Canon, Élévation du Lissoir et Profil du Coursier de la Roue"
Elevation of water-powered gunpowder mill.
Benard, Robert (1734-1777), engraver
"Charpente, Machine a remonter les bateaux"
Boat mill showing the two waterwheels.
Benard, Robert (1734-1777), engraver
From the Diderot Folio, Plate III of VIII; showing waterwheel and cloth being sorted. Diderot's 18th Century "Encylopedie" contains many attractive and informative diagrams.
Benard, Robert (1734-1777), engraver
"Hydraulique, Machine de Nymphembourg"
Benard, Robert (1734-1777), engraver
"Poudre à Canon, Élévation Longitudinale du Moulin à Meules roulantes"
Elevation of gunpowder mill showing waterwheel and edge runners.
Benard, Robert (1734-1777), engraver
"Poudre à Canon, Élévation et dévelopements du Lissoir"
Gunpowder mill plan showing water wheel and barrels.
Benard, Robert (1734-1777), engraver
"Aldersea's Engine for raising water; London Bridge Water Works"
Taylor, Isaac (1730-1807), engraver
Waterwheel and cistern on the Blair Drummond Estate
Water raising showing cast iron waterwheel at Blair Drummond.
Roffe, engraver
Treble Mill, Nuneaton, Warwickshire
Part of Martin Watts Collection
The treble mill enabled a single waterwheel to drive two pairs of stones through an additional set of gears off the pitwheel. Treble Mill, Nuneaton, Warwickshire. Drawing by H Beighton, Desaguliers, 1744.
Watts, Martin, miller and millwright
Design for the Water Wheels for the Rolling Mill upon the Cocquet
A photograph made by Hallam Ashley of a technical drawing done by John Smeaton in the 18th century.
See also ASHL-25-009.
Smeaton, John (1724-1792), engineer
A photograph made by Hallam Ashley of a technical drawing done by John Smeaton in the 18th century.
A penstock is a type of sluice often used at mill sites to control the flow of water through the mill wheel.
Smeaton, John (1724-1792), engineer