A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1850)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York, Bangs, Platt, & Co. · leaf 231
o show the application of this kind of pump to raise waterat that time. There was of course a valve covering the interior orificeof the nozzle and opening outwards, to prevent the air from enteringwhen the upper board was raised. This valve is not shown because theart of representing the interior… … No. 82. German Atmospheric Bellows Pump. A. D. 1511. One hundred years ago, two bellows fixed in a box and worked by adouble lever, like the old fire or garden engine, was devised by M. DaPuy, Master of Requests to the king of France. The machine was re-commended to raise water from the holds of…
Pumping machinery
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