A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1850)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York, Bangs, Platt, & Co. · leaf 381
Motive Pressure Engine. 357 engines a piston is alternately pushed up and down in its cylinder bysteam; and by means of the rod to which the piston is secured, motion iscommunicated to a crank and fly-wheel, and through these to the machi-nery to be propelled : it is the same with pressure engines… … No. 162. Motive Pressure Engine. E represents the lower part of the pipe which conveys the water downfrom its source into the air chamber C, from the lower part of which itpasses through a short tube and stop cock mto the valve case, or sidepipe D. This pipe is parallel with the working cylinder of…
Pumping machinery
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