A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1842)
Ewbank, Thomas · Tilt & Bogue · leaf 79
ulley , the labor of raising it . That it preeeded the invention of ships , and the erection of lofty buildings of stone , is all but certain ; but for what purpose , except for raising water , the pul ley could have previously been required , it would be difficult to divine . It seems to have been… … No . li . Pulley and Bücket , wells of Herculaneum or Pompeii . Nor does it appear to have been employed to any great extent by the G - reeks ; for with them , a vessel by which to draw water , was as necessary a Utensil to their mendicants , as to the modern pilgrims and fa - kirs of Asia . The…
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