A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water, ancient and modern : with observations on various subjects connected with the mechanic arts: including the progressive development of the steam engine
Thomas Ewbank's technical history of water-raising machinery, from ancient devices to the steam engine, issued in New York by Scribner, Armstrong in 1876 for engineers, mechanics, and general readers. The engraved pictorial title page frames lettering in scrollwork and foliage with oval vignettes of waterfalls, forge work, reclining river gods, and blacksmiths at an anvil under the name Vulcan, giving designers ready display lettering, banner ribbons, and allegorical labor scenes.
