A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1842)
Ewbank, Thomas · Tilt & Bogue · leaf 248
s and preci - sion of action ” ( of the sucker . ) The device is ingenious , but can never be generally adopted . The spring of the rod with the wear of the bolt on which it turns , must soon render the play of the sucker and wear of the , chamber unequal : the difficulty and expense of making the… … No . 94 . Muschenbroeck ’ s Pump . rior smooth and straight , is passed through the bottom of a small cistern . Its orifice is closed by a valve opening upwards . A short eylinder whose diameter exceeds that of the suction pipe is slipped over the latter ; and to its lower end a stuffing box is…
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