A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1850)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York, Bangs, Platt, & Co. · leaf 434
sed above its level by meansof fire : The third method of raising wateris by the aid of fire, whereby diverse ma-chines may be made. I shall here givethe description of one. Take a ball ofcopper marked A, well soldered at everypart. It must have a vent hole marked jDby which water may be introduced… … No. 183. Decaus, A. D. 1615. Chap. 4.] Vessels with Tubular Spouts. 411 put the ball on the fire, then the heat acting against the said ball, will causaall the water to rise through the tube C On the supposition that this apparatus was originally designed by T)e-caus, M. Arago has claimed for…
Pumping machinery
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