An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth (1888)
Gwilt, Joseph, 1784-1863, Papworth, Wyatt Angelicus Van Sandau, 1822-1894 · London Longmans, Green · leaf 706
Chap. III. PLUMLERY. 685 … is in aclion the water is forced into this air vessel MN, and wlien its surface, as nt ww, rises above the mouth H of tlie force pipe, the air in Ihe vessel MN is confined above the water; and as the water is gradually forced in, the air, being compressed, acts with increased elastic force on the…
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