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(4448) Two-bucket lift, or Circular mohte
A device using two buckets that are alternately raised, emptied, lowered and filled, i.e. while one bucket is lifted, the other is lowered empty into the well. The raising and lowering of the buckets is accomplished by a chain linkage that buckets over an array of pulleys to a horizontal sweep. The sweep is turned in a circular motion by draft animals.

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