A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1842)
Ewbank, Thomas · Tilt & Bogue · leaf 105
Bailey and others have admitted that the astronomy of Chaldea , India , and Egypt , is but the wreck of a great System of astronomical Sci ence , which was carried to a high degree of perfection in the early ages of the World . When water is only required to be raised two or three feet from a tank… … No . 29 . Egyptian Mental . A small trench is dug on the edge of the river , on the borders of which two men stand opposite each other . They hold in each hand a cord , the ends of which are attached to a hashet of palm leaves covered with leather . After launching it into the water , they lean…
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