A water-wheel, cistern and detail of water-wheel for raising water at Blair Drummond, Perthshire. Engraving by A. Bell.

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A water-wheel, cistern and detail of water-wheel for raising water at Blair Drummond, Perthshire. Engraving by A. Bell. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The buildings at Blair Drummond were demolished c.1870

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1 print : engraving ; platemark 23.21 x 16 cm

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Moss or bog. Sketch of the wheel for raising water at Blair Drummond. Sketch of the cistern as seen from above. Here the buckets empty themselves. Here the arms of the wheel move. Here the float-boards and buckets descend. Through this aperture the water runs into the pipes. Sketch of the manner in which the water is filled from the troughs into the buckets. ; A. Bell Prin. Wal. sculptor fecit. Bears number top right : Plate CCCXVI.

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Wellcome Collection 45333i

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See also Wellcome Library catalogue no. 37664i for a reversed version of this print

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