Máquinas de desagües utilizadas por la minería romana en la provincia de Huelva

  1. J.C. Fortes Garrido 1
  2. L. Sabido Castilla 1
  3. B. Fortes 1
  4. J.M. Dávila 1
  5. I. Salmerón 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Huelva
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    Universidad de Huelva

    Huelva, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03a1kt624

Journal:
Geotemas (Madrid)

ISSN: 1576-5172

Year of publication: 2016

Issue Title: IX CONGRESO GEOLÓGICO DE ESPAÑA

Issue: 16

Pages: 111-114

Type: Article

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Abstract

One of the main problems that were faced former miners, was the extraction of water in mines. When Romans arrived at Peninsula, they introduced new technology that gave solution to the problem. However this technology wasn’t created by them, but this had already used in the development of other activities in the Hellenistic world in the Eastern Mediterranean. Drainage’s systems for indoor work in the mine were: Archimedes’ screw, the waterwheels and pump Ctesibius. All these machines, we are going to focus seeing their main features and operating way. All of that without forget the most important discoveries in the province of Huelva, one of the places of the Peninsula that biggest mining use has had throughout history.

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