Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering : illustrated with four thousand engravings on wood ; in two volumes (1873)
D. Appleton and Company · New York : D. Appleton and Co. · leaf 543
pis-tons are attached to a common rod, as represented inthe figure. Two valves are placed in the ascend-ing pipe B—one below, the other above its junctionwith the cylinder D. The horizontal pipe H con-nects B and D with the third opening of the cock.By turning the plug of this cock, a… … PUMPS. J37 viously in D is forced up the ascending pipe B; then the communication between A and C is cat off,(by turning the cock,) and that between A and D is opened, when the pistons are moved back towards Fby the pressure of the column against the smaller piston—the water previously in C…
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