A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1842)
Ewbank, Thomas · Tilt & Bogue · leaf 352
English Fire - Engine of the 18 th Century . [ Book III . 332 air vessels were not used in England before the 18th Century , it may be observed that in the year last named , those engines which had them were named “ constant stream ’ d engines, ” to distinguish them from those that had none — such… … No . 149 . English Fire - Engine of the middle of the 18th Century . In 1729 Switzer published his System of Hydrostatics , in which he in - serted the circulars of two rival engine makers — Fowke and Newsham . As these documents contain some interesting particulars respecting the state of…
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