The country house; a practical manual of the planning and construction of the American country home and its surroundings (1905)
Hooper, Charles Edward, 1867- · New York : Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 264
can be operated by hand or by a wind-mill or any pumping engine. It is soarranged that water and air are bothforced through the supply main into thetank and are prevented from returningby means of a check valve in the pipe. As the water rises in the tank the air is compressed until the former… … Door to tank house shown on opposite page 240 The Country House The tanks are made of wrought steel tested to a pressure of about 150 poundsto the square inch. It is claimed that about 10 pounds pressure will deliver waterto the second story under ordinary circumstances, and that an average…
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