A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1850)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York, Bangs, Platt, & Co. · leaf 261
yptian monu-ments have brought to light, figures of such bellows have been foundsculptured in a tomb at Thebes, which bears the name of Thothmes III,one of the Pharaohs who was contemporary with Moses. No. 103 repre-sents four employed at one fire, each pair being worked by the hands andfeet of a… … No. 103. Egyptian Bellows and Bellows Blowers. 1500 B. C. The bags were secured to frames or to the ground, and appear to havehad rings of cane within them to keep the leather extended in a horizontaldirection. A separate pipe proceeded from each to the fire. The valvesor clacks are not shown…
Pumping machinery
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