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 645
vacuum, drawing the water through the suction-pipes C C, and forcing it outward through D with avelocity proportioned to the pressure of steam in the boiler. These pumps are extensively used asbilge-pumps. R. H. B* PUMPS, STEAM. Under this heading reference is made to pumps and engines rigidly…
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