A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1850)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York, Bangs, Platt, & Co. · leaf 585
pass into D, all that isrequired is to move E (by the two projecting handles) till both series of Chap. 9.] Sliding Cocks— Water- Closets. 561 openings are inclosed by it; while to stop the flow through D, E mustbe moved back towards C as in the figure. The upper figure in the cutis another form of… … No. 275. No. 276. No. 277. Large cocks on this principle may be made for half the cost of ordinaryones, while the expense of keeping them in order is too trifling to benoticed—occasionally to renew the packing is all that could be required. Water-Closets have been greatly improved by modern…
Pumping machinery
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