Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1869)
New York, Appleton · leaf 535
The common forcing pump.—This pump, Fig. 3124, raises water from the well into the barrel on theprinciple of the suction pump just described, Fig. 3123, and then the pressure of the piston on thewater elevates it to any height that may be required. Here I is a solid piston working up and down in a…
Mechanical engineering
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