A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1850)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York, Bangs, Platt, & Co. · leaf 418
ainly indicate an intimate though it may be a limited acquaintance withthe mechanical properties of that fluid. We should never suppose thatthis elegant application of the jet to sustain a ball in the air was the fruitof a first attempt to use steam, much less that the complex movement ofthe… … No. n< No. 180. Chap. 3.] Eolipiles described by Vitruvius. 395 without having ever heard of either % No more than any old mechanicianever invented the above before experimental researches on steam had be-came familiar to him, if not to his contemporaries. Besides, there havebeen within the last…
Pumping machinery
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