A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water, ancient and modern : with observations on various subjects connected with the mechanic arts: including the progressive development of the steam engine (1876)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York : Scribner, Armstrong · leaf 109
No. 85w Modern E gyptians using the Swap^. It is impossible to pa.ss up the Nile in certain states of the river, withoutbeing surpri.^d at the myriads of these levers, and at their unceasing movementr,; (or by relays of men, they are often worked without intermission,both night and day. In Upper…
Pumping machinery
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