Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899, Frith, Henry, 1840-, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · London, New York [etc.] Ward, Lock & Co · leaf 645
H open, and passing through the piston, reachesthe cylinder and the spout. 82 GASES AND LIQUIDS. The hand fire-engine depends upon the action of com-pressed air, which is so compressed by pumping waterinto the air chamber, a. The tube is closed at g, and thepumps, e e, drive water into the air… … The Hand Fire-Engine the air was compressed by water, and then let loose, likesteam, to drive a machine furnished with boring instru-ments. A pretty little toy may be made, and at the same timeexemplify an interesting fact in Physics. It is called theludion, and it lies in a nut shell in every…
Scientific recreations
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