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![[picture: Plate XLIII.---Astronomy.---Detail--Smiling Sun.]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/AndrewBell-EnclyclopaediaBritannica/wm/big/468-astronomy-xliii-fig3-detail-smiling-sun-q75-206x200.jpg "[picture: Plate XLIII.---Astronomy.---Detail--Smiling Sun.]")
Plate XLIII.—Astronomy.—Detail – Smiling Sun.
An engraving of the sun with a smiling face in the middle. [more...] [$]
![[picture: Plate XCIX.---Hydrostatics.---Fig. 1. A quadruple pump-mill for raising water.]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/AndrewBell-EnclyclopaediaBritannica/wm/big/804-hydrostatics-xcix-01-pump-for-raising-water-q75-211x200.jpg "[picture: Plate XCIX.---Hydrostatics.---Fig. 1. A quadruple pump-mill for raising water.]")
Plate XCIX.—Hydrostatics.—Fig. 1. A quadruple pump-mill for raising water.
The height of modern technology in 1771: a super-efficient pump powered by a water wheel! [more...] [$]
![[picture: Plate XCIX.---Hydrostatics.---Fig. 8. Cup of Tantalus (no letters)]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/AndrewBell-EnclyclopaediaBritannica/wm/big/804-hydrostatics-xcix-08-lead-swim-in-water-no-letters-q75-87x200.jpg "[picture: Plate XCIX.---Hydrostatics.---Fig. 8. Cup of Tantalus (no letters)]")
Plate XCIX.—Hydrostatics.—Fig. 8. Cup of Tantalus (no letters)
This is a version of the Cup of Tantalus diagram, without the letters that tie it to the text. [more...] [$]
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![[picture: Plate XCIX.---Hydrostatics.---Fig. 8. Cup of Tantalus.]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/AndrewBell-EnclyclopaediaBritannica/wm/big/804-hydrostatics-xcix-08-lead-swim-in-water-q75-87x200.jpg "[picture: Plate XCIX.---Hydrostatics.---Fig. 8. Cup of Tantalus.]")
