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A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1842)

Ewbank, Thomas · Tilt & Bogue · leaf 441

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water from low places , mynes and coal pitts, ” probably an im - provement upon No . 2 , and differing from all previous applications of steam for the purpose ; hence we are told that it was a “ new waie, ” one “ never yet in use . ” Had not steam therefore been previously applied to raise water ,… … cides with another which communicates with No . 189 . A . D . 1633 — 4 . the steam in the upper part of the vessel , vapor issues from the mouth ; and when it is turned tili the upper orifice of the pipe corresponds with the opening in the disk , then hot water is driven out ; and when the opening…

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