A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1842)
Ewbank, Thomas · Tilt & Bogue · leaf 398
allic vessel containing water be exposed to the sun , the air in the upper part will become dilated by the heat and may be employ - ed to raise the water : for if a tube be inserted at the top , and the lower end reach nearly to the bottom , the elasticity of the air will be expended in forcing the… … pipe into the vase , through No . 173 . Raising Water by the Sun . From Heron . which it descends again into the cistern . When the sun beams are withdrawn and the surface of the globe becomes cool , a partial vacuum is formea in the globe , and the pressure of the atmosphere then drives a fresh…
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