1009x999, 200x200, 2017x1997, 750x743 | Endpiece: well-pump with horse-troughOld English Country Cottages (1906) A woodcut showing a stone trough for drinking-water for animals such as horses, sheep, cattle. The iron pump is fastened to an upright wooden post. This picture was used as a decorative tailpiece to m [...] Keywords: pumps, water-troughs, troughs, handles, machinery, tailpieces, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2019-06-16 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1233x891, 2466x1782, 277x200, 750x542 | Constantinople FiremenIllustrated London News Vol 56 (1870) A group of barefoot men rush through busy streets at a run. They are all barefoot, and only their leader has a shirt; he also has a jacket and carries what seems to be a short ceremonial spear, and pe [...] Keywords: men, people, firemen, bare feet, street scenes, pumps, engines, greyscale Places shown: Constantinople; Marmara; Turkey Added: 2025-12-11 + S K L R N |
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1861x1768, 211x200, 5584x5304, 931x884 | Plate XCIX.—Hydrostatics.—Fig. 1. A quadruple pump-mill for raising water.Enclyclopædia Britannica (1771) The height of modern technology in 1771: a super-efficient pump powered by a water wheel! The ngine is represented in Plate 99. fig. 1. In which ABCD is a wheel, turned by water according to the order [...] Keywords: diagrams, machinery, wheels, pulleys, chains, whaterwheels, pumps, hydraulics, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2014-03-24 + S K L |
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