A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1850)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York, Bangs, Platt, & Co. · leaf 107
d cultivate on the sides ofmountains. The Chinese, says LeComte, have everywhere inXensi and Xansi, for want ofrain, certain pits from twentyto a hundred and twenty feetdeep, from which they drawwater by an incredible toil toirrigate their land. That themode of carrying water to thefields by the… … No. 27. Egyptians watering land with Pots and Yoke. a See Shaws Trav. 403, 412 ; Univer. Hist. Vol. i, 205; and our remarks on theNoria. in Chap. XIV. J4 Hindoo Water Carrier. [Book 1. Thebes, with leather straps and bronze buckles, and is now preserved inEngland. The yoke is about three feet seven…
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