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Plate XXVII from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Apparatus for grinding grain, inside a mill. Above (third floor), men pour grain through funnel into grinding bin. On floor beneath, two men turn wheels on axel which turns a central screw (by a cross on axel and circular frame as cogs on screw). Description in Latin on verso of 1949-152-224.
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
35.2 × 23 cm (13 7/8 × 9 1/16 in.)
Object Name
Print
Type
Print
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