A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1850)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York, Bangs, Platt, & Co. · leaf 138
of this machine, might enable a mechanic to make it. In various parts of Asia, Greece, Turkey, Spain, &c. Earthenwarejars or pots, are secured to the rim or side of the wheel, as in No. 50.Every farm and garden in Catalonia, says Arthur Young, has such a ma-chine to raise water for the purpose… … a rise to toothed meansprobably gavewheels. In the axle of the noria are in-serted two, (and sometimes four)strong sticks which cross each oth-er at right angles, forming armsor spokes. The part of the shaftin which these are fixed, extendsnearly to the centre of the path,round which the animal…
Pumping machinery
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