A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1850)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York, Bangs, Platt, & Co. · leaf 420
suing from it, and themotto Jjcbsus Juvo. (Vol. ii, 372.) The same device is also given in atreatise on Heroic Symbols, Antwerp, 1634. Hence this ancient domes-tic instrument was adopted on such occasions as well as the bellows,syringe, watering pot, &c. Rivius in commenting on the eolipiles… … No. 181. No. 182. No. 183. No. 184. Rivius names them wind holders and fire blowers. He says theywere made in various shapes and of different materials, and were usedto blow the fire like a pair of bellows. Some, designed for other pur-poses, that will presently be mentioned, were made of gold or…
Pumping machinery
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