Rag-and-chain pump being used to raise water from a mine. Two men are turning the drive-shaft on which is mounted a spur gear which transfers power to the pump by means of a lantern, D. Apart from the chain connecting the 'rags', almost all the material used in the mechanism is wood. From 'De re metallica', by Agricola, pseudonym of Georg Bauer (Basle, 1556). Woodcut.

Rag-and-chain pump being used to raise water from a mine. Two men are turning the drive-shaft on which is mounted a spur gear which transfers power to the pump by means of a lantern, D. Apart from the chain connecting the 'rags', almost all the material used in the mechanism is wood. From 'De re metallica', by Agricola, pseudonym of Georg Bauer (Basle, 1556). Woodcut.
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