A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1850)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York, Bangs, Platt, & Co. · leaf 411
leusinian mysteries were parti-cularly required to wash their hands in holy water. In the middle agesthe liquid was a source of considerable profit to monks, and it was evena custom for clerks and scholars to hawk it for sale. From Herons de-scription of the following figure, (No. 178,) we learn… … childs money box provided with a slit at the top, through which a certainsum was to be put before the donor could receive any of the purifyingcontents. In the vase before us five drachmce, or about seventy-fivecents, were required, and it will be perceived from the construction of theapparatus that…
Pumping machinery
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