Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work ... (1907)
American School of Correspondence · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 358
reach the upper floors, the pressure on the lower floormay be employed to lift the supply for the upper floors, either for directuse from the pipe as usual, by aid of a closed accumulator, or by firstdelivering the w^ater elevated into an open tank and then piping as inthe ordinary tank… … Double-Cylinder Hot Air Engine for PumpingHouse Water Supply. 291 OS PLUMBING of the lift, and elevation takes place only during the use of faucetsconnected to the street pressure. The amount of water elevated istherefore governed by consumption on the lower floors; and the ratioof amount elevated…
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