Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1869)
New York, Appleton · leaf 832
cated by marks upon the side of a vessel filled with water.from whose bottom a small stream was allowed to flow out. As the water in the vessel ran oil, itssurface sank; and its height, as shown by the marks, indicated the time that had elapsed. It was soonfound that the water does not run from… … The simp] . overcoming the difficulty, arising from the unequal flow cf water through an orifice in the bottom of a vessel, is shown in Fig. 81 N). Thisclepsydra co cylinder of glass, famished with a float a, which can: siphon b. When this siphon his been once filled with water, the fluid will…
Mechanical engineering
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