A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1850)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York, Bangs, Platt, & Co. · leaf 139
ork it has to perform, or to an increaseor diminution of the motive force employed. On the horizontal shaft,(which is turned by a crank,) is a sliding socket to which the spokes aresecured. The vertical shaft has also a similar socket, which is raised andlowered by means of a screw, and to it, arms… … on those which form the cone round the vertical one at any part, from itsapex to its base. Two prominent defects have been pointed out in the noria. First, partof the water escapes after being raised nearly to the required elevation.Second, a large portion is raised higher than the reservoir placed…
Pumping machinery
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