A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1850)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York, Bangs, Platt, & Co. · leaf 605
the manner of the syringeengine of Besson. The wheels are solid, and as there are but two, somemechanism for preserving the image in an upright position was neces-sary : as they moved on separate axles the tube could as readily beturned in a lateral direction as it could be elevated or depressed.… … No. 289. Eolipilic War-Dragon. Here is a variety of the griffin, hippogriff, or dragon genus, placed onfour wheels, and evidently designed to break the ranks of an opposingarmy, by being driven through them. The burning liquids rushed out ottwo rows of small holes on the upper jaw or lip : the…
Pumping machinery
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