A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1842)
Ewbank, Thomas · Tilt & Bogue · leaf 268
n to prevent it from springing when used : this appears to be the practice with regard to those of large dimensions . In small ones a single rod is sometimes used , and the chamber is cylindrical . In the Collection of M . Bertin , ( a French minister and secretary of state in the former part of… … [ valve ] closes itself , and No . 113 . Chinese Single Bellows , and Tinker . the airis forced out by the opposite extremity . ” Navarette preferred the China , its Customs , Arts , & c . , translated from the French . Lon . 1824 ; vol . i . 17 -
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