A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1850)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York, Bangs, Platt, & Co. · leaf 404
s, &c. &c. are described.The work was first published in 1560. 380 Air Machines—From Decaus. [Book IV water to flow out as in the figure. And after the heat of the day is passed and the night shall come, the vessels shall draw the water of thecistern [spring] by the pipe and sucker [lower… … No. 174. Air Machine, from Decaus. An improvement upon the preceding machine is next given by Decaus.The form of the vessels is altered, and double convex lenses or burningglasses are so arranged on their covers as to collect the raies ofthe sun within the said vessels, the which will cause a great…
Pumping machinery
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