Plate XIII from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Wodoen machine for slicing wood into planks or beams, at which one man works pulling a rope connceted to a rod with a weighted pendulum to move the saws up or down. His foot turns a spoked wheel to move the wood up. Description in Latin on verso of 1949-152-211.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Print Maker
Julio Paschale
Date
1582
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler
Medium
Woodcut on paper
Dimensions
35.1 × 23.5 cm (13 13/16 × 9 1/4 in.)
Object Name
Print
Type
Print
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