A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1850)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York, Bangs, Platt, & Co. · leaf 408
y Heron, (as No. 173) that vapor from the contained liquids contributedchiefly to the result, although he has not in all cases mentioned it. Indeedit is not certain that he did not confound steam with air, as the philoso-phers of the sixteenth century did, of which some examples are givenin the… … No. 177. Liquids raised by heat in ancient al-tars—from the Spiritalia. Chap. 2.] Ingenuity of Ancient Priests. 385 no provision for a fresh supply. Besides, as the liquid was expelled, thehigher would the remainder have to be raised, and consequently unless theair received a corresponding increase…
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