A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1850)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York, Bangs, Platt, & Co. · leaf 309
s a substitute for pumps to raise water, but in all the variety ofits forms and modifications it has retained the same analogy to pumps asthese have to bellows. One of the oldest of modern rotary steam engines,that of Murdoch, was a copy of an old pump, a figure of which, No. 131,is taken from… … No. 131. Rotary Pump from Serviere. turn close to those of the case, so that water cannot enter between them.The axle of one of the wheels is continued through one side of the case,(which is removed in the figure to show the interior,) and the openingmade tight by a stuffing box or collar of…
Pumping machinery
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