A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1850)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York, Bangs, Platt, & Co. · leaf 369
In all cases the hose had better be con-nected to the bottom of the air chamber, or to its side near the bottom,as in Nos. 148, 152, 155. Very long chambers (as the one in No. 150) Chap. 8.] New- York Fire-Engine. 345 retard the issue of the liquid more than others which discharge it fromthe top,… … No. 154. New-York City Fire-engine. In exterior decoration American engines are probably unrivaled: thefiremen take pride in ornamenting their respective machines, and hencemost of them are finished in the most superb and expensive manner. Thewhole of the iron work, except the tire of the wheels,…
Pumping machinery
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