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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Bookwheel.png

A “bookwheel,” designed by Italian military engineer Agostino Ramelli (1531-1600).

Because it keeps the reader’s place in various texts, it’s considered an early prototype of the World Wide Web.

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