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Image: Römische Sägemühle

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Description: Scheme of the Roman Hierapolis stone sawmill. The 3rd century AD watermill is the first known machine to incorporate a crankshaft and connecting rod.
Title: Römische Sägemühle
Credit: Tullia Ritti, Klaus Grewe, Paul Kessener: "A Relief of a Water-powered Stone Saw Mill on a Sarcophagus at Hierapolis and its Implications", Journal of Roman Archaeology, Vol. 20 (2007), pp. 138–163 (148, fig. 10)
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