The title of the permanent exhibition "Stronger than 100 men" refers to a quote from 1540:"Of all drawbacks, shortage of water is the one which should be avoided... for the lifting power of the water Vannocio Biringuccio, 1540.
Nowadays, we are getting used to the fact that many items of our daily life are working digitally by means of small chips etc. Once, it was quite different. Cog wheels meshing ingeniously could move power from one place to another, and when the wheels were constructed in different sizes, you could control their speeds. |