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Jacques Besson
Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum (1578)

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  <----- Text: Description of Plates -----> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Errato sic corrigito Verso [Blank]
  <------------------------------ Plates ----------------------------> Plate 1 [Measuring instruments] Plate 1 Verso Plate 2 [Measuring instruments] Plate 2 Verso Plate 3 [Drawing compass] Plate 3 Verso Plate 4 [Drawing compass] Plate 4 Verso Plate 5 [Drawing compass] Plate 5 Verso Plate 6 [Drawing compass] Plate 6 Verso Plate 7 [Lathe] Plate 7 Verso Plate 8 [Lathe] Plate 8 Verso Plate 9 [Lathe] Plate 9 Verso Plate 10 [Stone and marble cutter] Plate 10 Verso Plate 11 [Bellows and furnace] Plate 11 Verso Plate 12 [Hand-cranked hammer] Plate 12 Verso Plate 13 [Hand-cranked sawmill] Plate 13 Verso Plate 14 [Hand-powered sawmill] Plate 14 Verso Plate 15 [Handcart] Plate 15 Verso Plate 16 [Horse-drawn Carriage] Plate 16 Verso Plate 17 [Suspended horse-drawn carriage] Plate 17 Verso Plate 18 [Spring operated pump] Plate 18 Verso Plate 19 [Multi-liquid barrel and spigot] Plate 19 Verso Plate 20 [Dredge] Plate 20 Verso Plate 21 [Dredge/grater] Plate 21 Verso Plate 22 [Vertical pile driver] Plate 22 Verso Plate 23 [Oblique pile driver] Plate 23 Verso Plate 24 [Bridge piling] Plate 24 Verso Plate 25 [Hand-cranked crushing mill] Plate 25 Verso Plate 26 [Hand-cranked grist mill] Plate 26 Verso Plate 27 [Hand-cranked grist mill] Plate 27 Verso Plate 28 [Water-powered grist mill] Plate 28 Verso Plate 29 [Musical instrument] Plate 29 Verso Plate 30 [Hauling heavy objects] Plate 30 Verso Plate 31 [Block and tackle] Plate 31 Verso Plate 32 [Tugboats] Plate 32 Verso Plate 33 [Three-tiller plow] Plate 33 Verso Plate 34 [Calender] Plate 34 Verso Plate 35 [Hand-cranked platform raiser] Plate 35 Verso Plate 36 [Cargo crane] Plate 36 Verso Plate 37 [Cargo crane] Plate 37 Verso Plate 38 [Cargo crane] Plate 38 Verso Plate 39 [Bucket chain for hauling earth] Plate 39 Verso Plate 40 [Column and obelisk mover] Plate 40 Verso Plate 41 [Smokeless chimney] Plate 41 Verso Plate 42 [Magnifying pulpit] Plate 42 Verso Plate 43 [Windlass for well bucket] Plate 43 Verso Plate 44 [Endless chain of well buckets] Plate 44 Verso Plate 45 [Elevator for mines] Plate 45 Verso Plate 46 [Water-powered two-bucket pump] Plate 46 Verso Plate 47 [Hand-powered well pump] Plate 47 Verso Plate 48 [Water-powered pump] Plate 48 Verso Plate 49 [Lever-operated pump] Plate 49 Verso Plate 50 [Windmill pump] Plate 50 Verso Plate 51 [Wind-powered fountain] Plate 51 Verso Plate 52 [Fire engine] Plate 52 Verso Plate 53 [Raising a sunken ship] Plate 53 Verso Plate 54 [Launching a ship from dry dock] Plate 54 Verso Plate 55 [Hauling a ship onto land] Plate 55 Verso Plate 56 [Cargo crane] Plate 56 Verso Plate 57 [Nautical odometer] Plate 57 Verso Plate 58 [Raising a sunken ship] Plate 58 Verso Plate 59 [Narrow press for multiple pressing and printing] Plate 59 Verso Plate 60 [Lever-driven ship with bifurcated hull] Plate 60 Verso
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