Oh, nothing, just individually locating and downloading 9.5gb worth of (200+) high-rez (3600px wide) scans out of a 16th C book of extremely satisfying machines from the Library of Congress, one at a time, labeling them, and putting them in a folder for future collage work.
@pluralistic it … pumps the water up with screws? And then it goes back down a pipe?
I am not satisfied. I am disturbed
@pluralistic for some reason, I find the idea of gears at 45 degree angles off-putting as well
@thedansimonson @pluralistic Don't forget that the first screw doesn't seem to draw water directly from the river, but from the little box 'B' where it is poured from holes in the main wheel.
It looks like something purposefully designed to torture engineers with.
@SharkAttak @thedansimonson @pluralistic That bit makes sense if the wheel is a
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noria. The only bit lacking explanation is the downpipe Q. If instead the water flowed from A into an aqueduct, it would make sense - perhaps for something that needs a good head of water, like a fountain. The same aim as the
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_de_Marly, which used waterwheel-powered piston pumps instead
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