Treadle Powered Grinding Stone

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Treadle Powered Grinding Stone

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Hott 2021-5

Description

Treadle powered meaning the wood part on the bottom would have had a way of connecting to the crank on the stone and as pressure was applied in rhythm with the crank it would have kept the stone moving. Leonardo Da Vinci improved the treadle process in 1480.