A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1850)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York, Bangs, Platt, & Co. · leaf 88
the position represented in thefigure. A pipe F, then conveys water from thereservoir into A, the orifice or bore of whichpipe, is so proportioned, that both vessels arefilled simultaneously. The larger bucket then pre-ponderates, descending to O, and B at the sametime rising to the upper edge of… … No. 16. Gaining and LosingBuckets. Chap. 9.] Self-A ting Buckets. 65 centre of gravity. As soon as both vessels are emptied, B again pre-ponderates, and the operation is repeated without any attendance, aslong as there is water in E and the apparatus continues in order. In Moxons machine, the…
Pumping machinery
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