A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1850)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York, Bangs, Platt, & Co. · leaf 151
ne asused in the agricultural districts of the ancient world. No. 55, represents a section of a mod-ern machine. The wheel is placed in orover a cistern designed to receive the wa-ter. Buckets are secured to the chain be-tween the joints of the latter, and thewheel as it revolves, receives the… … No. 55. Modern Chain of Pots. The chain of pots has been appliedto a great variety of purposes. It hasbeen employed for ages, in cleansingdocks, deepening harbors, &c. Thevessels being made of iron and formedlike wide scoops, are made to pass un-der pulleys attached to the bottom of amoveable…
Pumping machinery
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