A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1850)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York, Bangs, Platt, & Co. · leaf 583
e Roman pounds, andwas inscribed Faustinas Nostras.—(Encyc. Antiq. vol. i, 456.) I wasshown, says Breval, in his Remarks on Europe, several curious frag-ments that had been dug out of the gardens of Maecenas. Among these,were some huge leaden pipes that conveyed the water from the Claudianaqueducts… … No. 274. Ancient Roman cock. 560 Silver Pipes—Peruvian Baths—Sliding Cocks. [Book V. fact, that some lesser tubes discovered among the same rubbish were ofsolid silver. Nothing, says Blainville, could equal in richness the apartments of Ca-racallas baths. Columns, statues, rarest marbles and…
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