A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1850)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York, Bangs, Platt, & Co. · leaf 450
e nextstep was to move the piston by the steam alone, and such are named high-pressure engines. The term steam-engine is therefore not so definite assome persons might suppose, since it is not confined to those in whichsteam is the prime mover. Had it not been for Torricellis discovery, itis… … No. 191. Guerricke. A. D. 1654. may be thought of engines made previous to the 17th century, those ofmodern days were obviously derived from atmospheric ones of the firstclass, while these in their turn were very likely deduced from the appa-ratus described in the next paragraph. Otto Guerricke, of…
Pumping machinery
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