A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1842)
Ewbank, Thomas · Tilt & Bogue · leaf 375
t possesses considerable interest — it is seif acting , and that by a very simple device — it shows an old application of the three - way cock — it exhibits the application of refuse or putrid water , to raise fresh , and in a way sonaewhat similar to one re - cently proposed — and it is the oldest… … No . 161 . Pressure Engine from ' Belidor . A . D . 1739 . above its junction with the cylinder D . The horizontal pipe H connects B and D with the third opening of the cock . By turning the plug of this cock , a communication is opened alternately between each cylinder and ’ the water in A . Thus…
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