A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1850)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York, Bangs, Platt, & Co. · leaf 258
s scarcely ever been known to give up an ancient tool or the ancientmode of using it: hence the paucity of their implements; a file, a ham-mer, a pair of tongs, and a blowing tube, being in general all that thebudget of an African or Asiatic jeweler contains. As we have given figures of sucking… … No. 98. Egyptian using a reed. 1600 B. C. No. 99. Ancient Egyptian Goldsmith No. 98, represents an Egyptian blowing a fire with a reed. It is fromthe paintings at Beni Hassan, and extends back through a period of 3,500years. According to Mr. Wilkinson, the figure is that of a goldsmith, blowing the…
Pumping machinery
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