A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1850)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York, Bangs, Platt, & Co. · leaf 396
fthe water, the valve would closeand the liquid within would becarried up with it; and if, whenthe tube was at the highest pointof the stroke, its motion was sud-denly reversed (by jerking it back)the liquid column within wouldstill continue to ascend until themomentum imparted to it at thefirst… … No. no No. m No. 172. Chap. 1.] And its Modifications. 373 tube would become filled, and a jet of water would then be thrown fromthe upper orifice at every stroke. This effect obviously depends upon therapidity with which the instrument is worked, i. e. a sufficient velocitymust be given to the…
Pumping machinery
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