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 632
. The Force-Pump with Air-Chamber is represented in Fig. 3507. The object of the air-chamber isto produce a constant and equable flow, and to avoid the sudden shock of reaction. It consists of adome-shaped vessel placed in the discharge-pipe a short distance beyond the upper valve. Theentrance of…
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