A THEATRE OF MACHINES
Written by A.G. Keller
Published by Chapman & Hall
in 1964
- Categorised in:
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- HISTORY OF SCIENCE
- INVENTIONS
- WATERMILLS
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Front cover
Contents
- 1. Clockwork mill
- 2. Paper-mill
- 3. Pump with crankshaft
- 4. Elevator with endless chain
- 5. Collapsible and mobile bridge
- 6. Expanding bridge
- 7. Pump with Archimedean screw
- 8. Watermill
- 9. Watermill (tubmill)
- 10. Watermill with reversed Archimedean screw
- 11. Hydraulic spinning-wheel
- 12. Calender
- 13, 14. Multiple, spinning mill
- 15. Spring-driven spit
- 16. Horizontal windmill
- 17. Smoke-jack spit
- 18. Smoke-jack coining mill
- 19. Roller-press
- 20. Rolling and slitting mill for lead strips
- 21. Pumps for well
- 22. Pumphouse
- 23. Ornamental fountain with automata
- 24. Pumps for drainage
- 25, 26. Mitre Locks
- 27. Slipway
- 28. Revolving crane
- 29. Two-way winch for artillery
- 30. Inclined ox-mill
- 31. Targone's mobile mill
- 32. Hand-mill
- 33. Amphibious armoured car
- 34. Carriage with equilibrated suspension
- 35. Dredger's trident for removing rocks
- 36. Dredging shovel
- 37. Apparatus for raising wrecks
- 38, 39. Screwjack
- 40, 41. Wrenches
- 42. Reading machine
- 43. Instrument for keeping the feet warm
- 44. Automatic fan
- 45. Fire engine
- 46. Sawmill
- 47. Pump with endless chain
- 48. Tide-mill
- 49. Funicular bridge
- 50. Lever-driven ship
- 51. Diving bell and diving suits
- 52. Parachute