A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1850)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York, Bangs, Platt, & Co. · leaf 176
it. From theresemblance of the chains or ropes and cushions, to the rosary, or stringof beads on which Roman catholics count their prayers, these machines a Staunton, Vol. iii, 315. «• Duhaldes China. Paris, 1735. Tom. ii, 66, 67.c Ogilvys Translation. Lon. 1673, pp. S4, 85—and Histoire Generale.… … No. 65. Chain Pump from Agricola. The next author who describes these pumps, that has fallen in our way,is Besson. Plate 50, of his Theatre Des Instrumens, is a representationof a double one. Two cylinders are placed parallel to each other, so thatthe chain passes through both. It is shown as…
Pumping machinery
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