The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette (1839)
London : [William Laxton] · leaf 427
eathers g h, placed in recesses turned to receivethem, which prevent the water escaping between the surfaces of the cylin-ders when the pressure is applied. Attached to the centre cylinder is arod i, which passes through a stuffing box in the bottom, and has attachedto the other end a spiral… … The frame a may be of any other convenient form, but the patentee pre-fers the foregoing, as it may be easily suspended by the rings from a tra-versing crane, and moved about in any direction where it may be required ;the pumps being placed on the platform of the crane, and connected bymeans of a…
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