A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1842)
Ewbank, Thomas · Tilt & Bogue · leaf 561
of various sizes , the floor covered with carpets of silk interwoven with branches and foliage of gold and silver . In the centre were two basins in which several pipes spouted water that feil among roses and other flowers and produced a fine elfect . Another fountain at the entrance threw the… … No . 271 . Ancient fountain for cattle . That ancient farmers occasionally conveyed water through pipes into fields for the use of their stock , as is now sometimes done , appears from the above cut , from a basso relievo preserved in one of the museums at Rome . — ( D ’ Agincourt ’ s History of…
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