Online Exhibits > Leonardo and the Engineers of the Renaissance > Manuscripts > Treatise of architecture and machines

FRANCESCO DI GIORGIO - Treadmill-operated grinding mill


Ms. II.I.141 (BNCF), fol. 97v

As the horse reaches for its feeding trough, its hind legs move a treadmill that drives a grindstone.

.................................




EXPLORE...

author

manuscripts

manuscripts pages

  © 2004 IMSS   Piazza dei Giudici 1   50122 Florence   ITALY