A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1850)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York, Bangs, Platt, & Co. · leaf 152
xen inthe usual way, (through the medium of cog wheels,) or by men walkingupon or within a wheel, &.-,. it has from custom, inadvertence, or from asuperficial knowledge of its distinctive features, been classed with them.It was of it that Strabo spoke, which by wheels and pulleys raised… … No. 56. Francinis Machine. a See Vol. i, of machines approved by the French Academy. Desaguliers PhilosVol. ii Edinburgh Encyc. Vol. x, 896. Chap. 15.] Chain of Pots. 129 the chain of pots was included among the wheels and other engines,by which the latter raised water from the sea and discharged…
Pumping machinery
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