A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1842)
Ewbank, Thomas · Tilt & Bogue · leaf 312
old date , various modifications of them having been proposed in the 16th Century . No . 139 consists of a close case of the form of a sector of a circle , having an opening at the bottom for the admission of water , and another to which a forcing pipe with its valve is attached . A movable radius… … No . 140 . Belidor has described a similar pump in the first volume of his Arch . Hydraul . 379 . The case is a larger portion of a circle than that of No . 139 , and the piston is furnished with a valve . A pump on the same prin - ciple was adopted by Bramah as a fire - engine in 1793 : His was a…
e-rara · Eisenbibliothek Schlatt · No known copyright restrictions. Free to use for anything.
