A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1842)
Ewbank, Thomas · Tilt & Bogue · leaf 103
ed to the fields . Dr . Shaw observes of the country of the Benni Mezzah , ( in ancient Mauritania ) it has no rivu - lets , “ but is supplied altogether with well water . ” “ Persia, ” says ! Fryer , “ is chiefly beholden to wholesome springs öf living water to quench the thirst of plants as well… … No . 27 . Egyptians watering land with Pots and Yoke . Beni Hassan , the oldest monu - tnents extant in that country . One of these wood ' en yokes , was found at a See Shaw ’ s Trav . 403 , 412 ; Univer . Hist . Vol . i , 205 ; and our remarks on the Noria , in Chap . XIV .
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