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Mine ventilation shaft

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Title:

Mine ventilation shaft

Caption:

Mine ventilation shaft topped with a device to extract the stale air from the mine. H is a vane to make the barrel revolve so that is always facing in the optimum wind direction. From "De re metallica", by Agricola, pseudonym of Georg Bauer (Basle, 1556). Woodcut. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

Credit:

Album / Universal Images Group / Universal History Images \ UIG

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Image size:

4737 x 4427 px | 60.0 MB

Print size:

40.1 x 37.5 cm | 15.8 x 14.8 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

1556 • AGRICOLA • ARBOL • ARCHITECTURE • BARREL • BASLE • BAUER, GEORG • BUILDING • BUILT STRUCTURE • CONSTRUCTION • CONSTRUCTIONS • DAY • DE RE METALLICA • EQUIPMENT • HISTORICAL CLOTHING • HORIZONTAL • ILLUSTRATION AND PAINTING • ILLUSTRATION TECHNIQUE • INDUSTRY • MINER • MINERS • MINES • MINING • NON URBAN SCENE • ONLY MEN • OUTDOOR • OUTDOORS • OUTSIDE • SMOKE • STANDING • SWITZERLAND • TECHNOLOGY • TREE • TREES • TWO PEOPLE • WOODCUT • WOODEN • XYLOGRAPHY