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 549
admission of the water. By this arrangement a staunch support is furnished for the insistent weightof the upper works of the pumps and the engine above. Each suction-pipe is furnished with a capa-cious branch-piece, (63 inches diameter,) forming a connection with an air {or vacuuini chamber,…
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