A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1850)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York, Bangs, Platt, & Co. · leaf 46
heating the latter, would bring to view many excellent devices foreconomizing fuel.a Vases used by oriental women to convey water from public wells andfountains for domestic purposes, are often referred to, by sacred and pro-fane authors. Figure No. 5, represents a female of Hindostan, bearing a… … 22 Water Pots. [Book 1. one, the shape of which, closely resembles thogourd with the neck removed. This is their ge-neral form throughout the east. The Hindoos,have them of copper or brass, as well as of earth-enware, but they are all shaped alike. This isnot a little singular, because a deviation…
Pumping machinery
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