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
r one being capable of holding water, andthe upper edges of both united and made perfectlyNation?fTu?i!i.teve.ruCair tight, with the exception of one or perhaps twosmall openings shown on the edge in the figure.Thus when such a sieve was pressed slowly under water, the liquid wouldenter through the… … Chap. 3.] Liquor Taster and Dropping Tube. 199 with the thumb, the vessel might be raised out of the river, the waterin the cavity being suspended precisely as in Nos. 69 and 70, sothat Tutia might return with it to the temple, and on approaching thealtar, by imperceptibly sliding her thumb to one…
Pumping machinery
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