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Berechnung der Luftmaschine, welche in der Niederungarischen Bergstadt zu Schemnitz bey der Amalia Schacht, vom Herrn Joseph Karl Höll, Oberkunstmeistern erfunden, erbauet und im Jahre 1753, den 23. März ist angelassen worden.

Boda, Nicolaus, Poda von Neuhaus, Nicolaus, Höll, Joseph Karl · 1753 · Joeph Kurzböck · 4 pictures

A German treatise from 1753 by Nicolaus Poda von Neuhaus on the air machine Joseph Karl Höll built at the Amalia shaft in the Hungarian mining town of Schemnitz, aimed at mining engineers and technicians. Its pictures are small rococo-style woodcut vignettes of putti with garlands and foliage, a red wax seal, and a precise engraved plan of underground ventilation shafts and machinery, offering a designer ornamental cherub motifs and clean technical line diagrams.

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