A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1842)
Ewbank, Thomas · Tilt & Bogue · leaf 536
1450 years before Christ . In a tomb at Thebes , which bears the name of Amunoph II , who reigned at the period just named , they are delineated , and in a manner too distinct to admit of any doubts . See No . 235 . Several jars are represented upon a frame or stand . Into three of them siphons are… … Na . 236 . No . 235 . Egyptian siphous , 1450 , B . C . Mr . Wilkinson supposes that siphons were invented in Egypt , and were used to decant the Nile water from one vessel to another . He says it is necessary to let this water stand for some time before being used , that the mud suspended in it…
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