A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1850)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York, Bangs, Platt, & Co. · leaf 123
holdnot merely a sketch of mo-dern Asiatic manners; butv one, which as regards rais-53jifcJ ing of water; the machinepJSr by which it is effected;M„ animals around it; costume^ of the individuals ; and por-O traiture of rural life,—hasr remained unchanged from^ times that reach back to the§•… … No. 38. Swape in Asia Minor. sides other contributions to this workone, of engraving them.] The swape has probably been in continual use in Great Britain, fromthe period of its subjugation by the Romans, if not before. It is thereknown under the various names of Swape, Sweep and in old authors,…
Pumping machinery
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