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 707
into a cistern or tank,where a fdU of water can be secured from a stream, or other source. Once set in motion,it will continue to work as long as it is supplied with water, or until the wearing of theiron valve disables it. A fall of only 5 feet to the ram will enable it to supply a tank60 feet… … Wafer Closets. 2220. It is unnecessary to describe at length the machinery of a water closet. Theprinciple on which the usual apparatus is formed is that of a head of water in a cisternplacecl above it, which by means of a lever attached to a valve in the cistern allows abody of water to rush down…
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