A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1850)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York, Bangs, Platt, & Co. · leaf 571
icanshad water-clocks we have not been able to ascertain. Hydraulic Organs do not appear to be of so high antiquity as clepsydras,but their origin is equally uncertain. Perhaps they were derived frommusical water-clocks. The first organs were probably nothing more than simple combinationsof flutes,… … No. 272. Clepsydra by Ctesibius. 548 Variety of Water-Organs. [Book V. conjectured. The first step was probably bag-pipes, and the second theaddition of keys or valves. In process of time, the instruments, insteadof being made of reeds or other natural tubes, were formed of metal; andtheir number,…
Pumping machinery
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