A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1850)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York, Bangs, Platt, & Co. · leaf 341
refore, as such an idea did not occur to engineers, they had no resourcebut to improve the squirt as well as they could ; and however hope-less the task may now appear, it was not only attempted, but to a certainextent accomplished, and with considerable ingenuity too, as will appear Chap. 7.]… … No. 143. Syringe Engine from Besson. A. D. 1568. Proposition De U Autheur :—Artifice autant singulier (comme je pense) que non point commun, pourjecter leau contre un grand feu, mesraement lors que pour la grandeur de la flamme, nul ne peut entrer ny approcher de la maison qui brusle. Declaration…
Pumping machinery
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