A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1850)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York, Bangs, Platt, & Co. · leaf 544
n one of the feet. See No. 240. When the bore of the siphon isproperly adjusted to the quantity of water flowing into a basin, the animalwill appear to drink the whole. 520 Tantalus Cups—Magic Pitchers. [Book V. The following represent a number of Tantalus cups, magic goblets, &c.In No. 241,… … No. 241. No. 242. No. 243. No. 244. No. 245 Devices of this kind admit of numerous modifications by which the tubemay be concealed. When it is enclosed within the figure of a man, (thewater entering at one foot slightly raised, and passing out through theother,) the vessel is named a Tantalus cup,…
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