A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1850)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York, Bangs, Platt, & Co. · leaf 96
No. 22. Anglo Saxon Crane. … No. 23. Drum attached to a Windlass. There cannot be a more expeditious way to raise water from a deepwell, than to make a large wheel, [drum] at the end of the wi?dace,that may be two or three times the diameter of the winlace, onwhich a smaller and longer rope may be wound, than that which raises…
Pumping machinery
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