Nicolas Grollier de Serviere (1596-1689) was a French inventor and ornamental turner who became well known for creating a series of fantastic machines. The bookwheel is a type of rotating bookcase designed to allow one person to read a variety of heavy books in one location with ease. The books are rotated vertically similar to the motion of a water wheel, as opposed to rotating on a flat table surface. The design for the bookwheel originally appeared in a 16th century illustration by Agostino Ramelli, at a time when large books posed practical problems for readers. No artist credited, undated. | |
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