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A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1842)

Ewbank, Thomas · Tilt & Bogue · leaf 224

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[ Book II . Peruvian Suching Tubes . 204 which is common to all classes . “ Instead of drinking the tincture or infusion apart , as we drink tea , they put tlie herb Into a cup or bowl made of a calabash or gourd , tipp ’ d with silver , which they call mate ; … Peruvian female taking tea with No . 79 . strument , we should think this mode a sucking - tube . of ‘ taking tea ’ deserving the considera - tion of the wealthy , since it possesses several advantages over the Chinese plan which we have adopted . In the first place , it is not only a more…

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