Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics: a dictionary of mechanical engineering and the mechanical arts (1880)
D. Appleton and Company, Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 179
ch its internal parts can be examined andremoved, will doubtless prove strong recommendations. Although this injector has no lifting attachment, it can be made to lift water when once startedunder a head in the supply-pipe. This was illustrated by starting the injector with a steam-pressureof 22… … tinning to deliver water under these conditions. This action is probably the same as that of a siphon,which will continue to work when once charged, but cannot start unless the pipe is first filled.There being a vacuum at some point of the delivery-tube when the jet is established and the…
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