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Thank you for putting the two English words "Tide Mill" - this is a perfect illustration for a university assignment, and without those words I'd never have found it.

@swaldman-firecloud_2 You're welcome! Nice to hear you were able to use this illustration.

Ossama's grandad, rofl

whats it say on the page behind the pic??

A zoomable version is available at the Nationaal Archief image bank. One attempt to transcribe the old Dutch text: Dat dinstrumente dat vuur dese moelen gebruyct zullen worden zullen wesen van gegoten ijser zulx dat wij ... met ... zullen cunnen .... These are construction instructions, starting with 'The instruments that will be used for this mill must be made of cast iron so they..."

Second attempt, thanks to some Twitter buddies: Dutch: Dat dinstrumenten daerbinnen dese moelen gebruyct zullen worden zullen wesen van gegoten yser zulcx dat dezelve nyet zoe haesten zullen cunnen vergaen. Translation: That the instruments used in the mill will be made from cast iron so that they will not speedily decay.