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 696
portion of the water will enter and rise in F, the valve of the air- [p1 JEchamber preventing its return. When this has taken place thewater in B has been brought to rest, and as in that state its pres-sure is insufficient to sustain the weight of the valve, E opens (descends); the water in B is…
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