{"product_id":"verschiedene-wassermaschinen-egyptian-sakia-shaduf-water-well-niebuhr-fehrt-1773-p-6-111801","title":"Verschiedene Wassermaschinen—Egyptian sakia shaduf—water well—Niebuhr\/Fehrt 1773","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eVerschiedene Wassermaschinen in Egypten [Various water-machines in Egypt]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA superb technical plate showing Egyptian water-raising machines and related hydraulic devices observed by Niebuhr. Rather than presenting Egypt only through ruins and monuments, it records the practical technologies that sustained agriculture and urban life: wheels, chains, wells, lifting mechanisms and animal- or hand-powered arrangements are shown in elevation, section and plan. The plate is particularly appealing as eighteenth-century engineering ethnography, documenting machines that were everyday working tools but rarely illustrated with this degree of clarity. It also complements the Cairo plan, where water supply, canals and reservoirs are crucial features. The original explanatory text pages are not available with this print, but we include a legend sheet transcribing the original German key with English translation.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53342831116635,"sku":"P-6-111801","price":59.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-6-111801a.jpg?v=1780947937","url":"https:\/\/www.antiquemapsandprints.com\/products\/verschiedene-wassermaschinen-egyptian-sakia-shaduf-water-well-niebuhr-fehrt-1773-p-6-111801","provider":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}