A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1850)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York, Bangs, Platt, & Co. · leaf 77
No. 8. Modern Greek female drawing water. No. 9. From a manuscript of the 12th century. However old and numerous wells with stairs within them may be,most of the ancient ones were constructed without them; hence the ne-cessity of some mode of raising the water. From the earliest ages, avessel…
Pumping machinery
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