A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1850)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York, Bangs, Platt, & Co. · leaf 108
, which was anciently practised,but of which we do not remember tohave seen any particular notice. It is represented in Plates 50, and 75.Pitt. Storia DellArte. A conical vessel bent like the horn of an ox, isborne on the shoulder, the large and open end projecting in front, so thatthe bearer could… … No. 23. Hindoo Water Carrier. Chap. 11.] Egyptian Mental. 85 those who carry them, and appear to have been formed of staves, and.hooped. As an evidence of the antiquity of watering land with pots, we may re-fer to one of the constellations, to Aquarius or the Water Pourer, afigure which was adopted…
Pumping machinery
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