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Persian Wheel Collection

Background imagePersian Wheel Collection: A Persian Wheel

A Persian Wheel
5310032 A Persian Wheel; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a Persian Wheel, also known as a Sakia, a mechanical water lifting device which uses buckets, jars)

Background imagePersian Wheel Collection: Engraving depicting a Persian Wheel, also known as a Sakia, a mechanical water lifting device

Engraving depicting a Persian Wheel, also known as a Sakia, a mechanical water lifting device which uses buckets, jars
5309472 Engraving depicting a Persian Wheel, also known as a Sakia, a mechanical water lifting device which uses buckets, jars, or scoops fastened either directly to a vertical wheel

Background imagePersian Wheel Collection: Engraving depicting a Sakia, a mechanical water lifting device which uses buckets, jars

Engraving depicting a Sakia, a mechanical water lifting device which uses buckets, jars
5308575 Engraving depicting a Sakia, a mechanical water lifting device which uses buckets, jars, or scoops fastened either directly to a vertical wheel

Background imagePersian Wheel Collection: Sakia, Upper Egypt (colour photo)

Sakia, Upper Egypt (colour photo)
3095136 Sakia, Upper Egypt (colour photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sakia, Upper Egypt. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Background imagePersian Wheel Collection: Indigo Manufacture in India (engraving)

Indigo Manufacture in India (engraving)
1046076 Indigo Manufacture in India (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Indigo Manufacture in India)

Background imagePersian Wheel Collection: Nubian Sakkieh, or Water Wheel, ca. 1856. Creator: Attributed to Robert Murray

Nubian Sakkieh, or Water Wheel, ca. 1856. Creator: Attributed to Robert Murray
Nubian Sakkieh, or Water Wheel, ca. 1856

Background imagePersian Wheel Collection: Persian Wheel Oscar Mallitte British 1829 1905

Persian Wheel Oscar Mallitte British 1829 1905
Persian Wheel; Oscar Mallitte (British, about 1829 - 1905, active Allahabad, India 1870s); Allahabad, India; 1877; Albumen silver print

Background imagePersian Wheel Collection: Egypt Nubia Volume II Persian Wheel Raising Water

Egypt Nubia Volume II Persian Wheel Raising Water
Egypt and Nubia, Volume II: A Persian Wheel, Used in Raising Water from the Nile, 1847. Louis Haghe (British, 1806-1885), F.G.Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, London, after David Roberts (British)

Background imagePersian Wheel Collection: Persian wheel raising water from the Sutlej River, Punjab, 1842. Artist: James Atkinson

Persian wheel raising water from the Sutlej River, Punjab, 1842. Artist: James Atkinson
Persian wheel raising water from the Sutlej River, Punjab, 1842. From Sketches of Afghanistan by James Atkinson. (London, 1842)

Background imagePersian Wheel Collection: Assorted machines and equipment, 1858 C016 / 8984

Assorted machines and equipment, 1858 C016 / 8984
Assorted machines and equipment. 19th-century artworks of various ancient and modern technologies and machinery. Three water wheels are shown: (undershot, top left; overshot)

Background imagePersian Wheel Collection: Sakia or Persian Wheel. C017 / 3517

Sakia or Persian Wheel. C017 / 3517
Plate from 18th century encyclopedia showing an illustration of a Persian Wheel, or Sakia. A sakia is a water wheel, somewhat similar to a noria, and used primarily in Egypt



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