Animated, interactive 3D visualization of a corn mill, after a description by Ramelli

<p>In this visualization, a 16th-century depiction of a corn mill is brought to life and interactively presented to the user. The source is Agostino Ramelli's Le Diverse et Artificiose Machine (1588), a highlight in the Early Modern Theatrum Machinarum tradition, which shows how elementary 'simple machines' can be combined into impressive compound devices, only limited by (Renaissance) imagination. The physics that serve as a backbone to the visualization were modelled after a chronological reference work on the history of technology (see relations).</p>