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The Marly machine
During the 1681 Arnold de Ville, a manufacturer, goes to the court to present a project, an old desire of Louis XIV: to bring water to Versailles.
He suggests to build a machine, 7 km far from the castle, to allow the water to goes up from the Seine to the top of a hill 160 metres high, plus an aqueduct.
The cost of the project is 9 millions of Livres. The King is enthusiast and the works will last for four years, and involve 18.000 men.
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