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 266
, 11 finds an outlet above the valve (c), which, when not under pressure, falls of its own weight and thusallows the escape. The water continues to flow until its momentum is sufficientto raise the valve (c), thus closing the outlet. The flow, thus checked, reboundsand finds another outlet through… … P°wder house which was originally a A water tower at Roxbury, Mass. Evidentlywindmill. Somerville, Mass. influenced by the Colonial example 242 The Country House compresses the air in the top, and, as the water cannot escape from the chamberby the valve through which it entered, it is forced by the…
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