I PRIMI CINQUANT'ANNI DI UNA MACCHINA IDRAULICA (1540-1600 CIRCA)
I PRIMI CINQUANT'ANNI DI UNA MACCHINA IDRAULICA (1540-1600 CIRCA)
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I PRIMI CINQUANT'ANNI DI UNA MACCHINA IDRAULICA (1540-1600 CIRCA)
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Il Mulino
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Quaderni storici, 1989-04, Vol.24 (70 (1)), p.57-76
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Italian
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The driving of tunnels to drain mines of unwanted water runs like a leit-motif through the entire history of mining. By the 1540s, in circumstances of crisis and design impasse a new type of pumping machine, the rod-engine (Stangenkunst) was invented. Despite its modest performance, Georgius Agricola did not hesitate to describe it as the most usef...
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I PRIMI CINQUANT'ANNI DI UNA MACCHINA IDRAULICA (1540-1600 CIRCA)
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TN_cdi_jstor_primary_43778819
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0301-6307
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