A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1842)
Ewbank, Thomas · Tilt & Bogue · leaf 365
Chap . 8 . ] New - York Fire - Engine , 345 retard the issue of the liquid more than others which discharge it from the top , because the water lias to descend in them n early perpendicu - larly to enter the orifice of the pipe , and its direction is then precisely reverseä , for it has to rise… … No . 154 . New - York City Fire - engine . In exterior decoration American engines are probably unrivaled : the firemen take pride in ornamenting their respective machines , and hence most of them are finished in the most superb and expensive manner . The whole of the iron work , except the tire of…
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