A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1842)
Ewbank, Thomas · Tilt & Bogue · leaf 364
re volunteers , and generally con - sist of young tradesmen and merchants ’ clerks , & c . They are exempt from militia and jury duty . Each member pays a certain sum on his admission , and a small annual subscription , A fine is also imposed upon any one appearing on duty without his appropriate… … No . 153 . External Viow of a Philadelphia Fire - engine . No . 154 exhibits a New - York engine . The pump cylinders are ar ranged and worked precisely as shown in the section No . 150 . They are six and a half inches diameter , and the pistons have a stroke of nine inches . Previous to the…
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