A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1850)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York, Bangs, Platt, & Co. · leaf 143
wassymbolical of the annual overflow of the Nile, which occurred whenthe sun passed through the zodiacal signs, Leo and Virgo—hence thecombination of these signs in the Sphinx, as an emblem of that generalirrigation of the land once a year, upon which their prosperity so greatlydepended. This was… … No. 52. Orifices of Pipes, &c. symbolical of Irrigation. The analogy between the form and ornaments of an object and its uses,seems to have always been kept in view by the ancients; although, fromour imperfect knowledge of them, it is difficult and sometimes impossibleto perceive it. That they…
Pumping machinery
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