A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1850)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York, Bangs, Platt, & Co. · leaf 371
ite pipe may be closed by a screw cap, as usual. Thepiston or bucket of the force pump to be provided with double leatherpacking: [cupped leathers] the piston rod to be made of copper. Chap. 8.] Steam Fire-Engine. 347 C the boiler, constructed on the principle of the ordinary locomotiveboiler, and… … c a box attached to end of boiler, inclosing the exit of the tubes. Thehot air from the tubes received by this box is passed off through smokepipe d, which is carried through D D, making a half spiral turn roundthe air vessel in the form of a serpent, c4, iron brackets riveted to theboiler, and…
Pumping machinery
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