A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1850)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York, Bangs, Platt, & Co. · leaf 148
y translators in a variety ofshapes, as cylinders, cubes, truncatedcones, pyramids, as well as portions of,and combinations of them all. Someare left open at the top, and both withand without projecting lips in front, bywhich to shoot the contents over theedge of the reservoir as they pass theNo.… … Chap. 15.] Hindoo CJiain of Pots. 125 will be seen that the tubes are placed at the upper corner, and consequent-ly retain the water till the vessels ascend the drum, when it is dischargedas represented. Provision should be made for the escape of air fromthese vessels, as they enter the water, and…
Pumping machinery
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