A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1850)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York, Bangs, Platt, & Co. · leaf 546
cond century, informsus that siphons were used for tasting wine. They are also referred to byother ancient writers, but as several instruments were designated by thesame name, it is difficult to determine with precision what particular onewas, in every case, intended. It is very probable, from the… … No. 246. A. D. 1511. No. 247. A. D. 1511. The earliest modern figures of siphons that we have met with are in theGerman translation of Vegetius, ErfFurt, 1511. The above figures, Nos. Chap. 6.] Modern Siphons. 523 246 and 247 are copies. Both are designed to show the application ofthese instruments…
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