Images from an Arabic manuscript featuring schematics for water powered systems, pulleys and gearing mechanisms. The date is unknown but is thought to be from sometime between the 16th and 19th century.
(All images from Max Planck Digital Library via Wikimedia Commons).
(All images from Max Planck Digital Library via Wikimedia Commons).
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