A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1842)
Ewbank, Thomas · Tilt & Bogue · leaf 115
than at present , and the country furnished grain for surrounding nations . In some parts , the banks appear alive with men raising water by swapes and the effect is rendered still more impress - ive by the songs and measured chantings of the laborers , and the incessant groans and creakings of the… … Xo . 36 . An Egyptian in the time of Moses raising water by the sivape . From sculptures at Thebes .
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