A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1842)
Ewbank, Thomas · Tilt & Bogue · leaf 339
city ( Königshofen ) forty years before , consequently about 1617 . We are not informed by either the professor or jesuit of the particular construction of this small engine , but there is a book extant that was pub - lished in 1615 , which contains a figure and description of a German engine of… … No . 144 . German Pump Engine from Decaus . A . D . 1615 . This machine is named “ A rare and necessary Engin , by which you may give great reliefe to houses that are on fire we give the whole of the explanation : “ This engin is much practiced in Germany , and it hath been seen what great and…
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