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A technical woodcut diagram shows a mechanical windlass system, with a vertical scale (1-11) on the right. A horizontal shaft carries two cylinders: a smaller one (A) with two ropes and weights (C), and a larger one (B) with a rope (F) that descends through a stone-rimmed opening (E) to a spherical weight (D) submerged in water.