A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1850)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York, Bangs, Platt, & Co. · leaf 378
hen thepressure of the column in A will force up the piston, and with it all thewater previously in the cylinder, which is thus compelled to ascendthrough the upper valve into the discharging pipe B. When this hastaken place, the vessel G, suspended at one end of the rod that passesthrough the… … PT Chap. 9.] Improved Pressure Engine from Belidor. 355 tween C and the lower part of A, upon which the piston descends in thecylinder and the foul water in C escapes through the lower end of A andruns to waste. By the time the piston reaches the bottom of the cylinder,the latter is refilled with…
Pumping machinery
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