A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1850)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York, Bangs, Platt, & Co. · leaf 222
to avoid the horrid pen-alty, passionately called, or affected so to call, upon the goddess Vesta,to establish by a miracle her innocence. Enable me (she cried) to takea sieve full of water from the Tyber, and to carry it full to thy temple.Upon this appeal her trial was stayed, and it was left to… … No. 74. Tutia carrying Wa-ter in a Sieve. was, she succeeded in carrying the water, and thereby not only saved herlife, but greatly increased her reputation for sanctity. From the imper-fect accounts of the transaction that have reachedus, it may perhaps be deemed presumptuous todecide on its real…
Pumping machinery
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