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
joy shall ye draw water out of tlie wells of Salvation. The Arabs have a traditionthat the shadoof was used inthe times of the Pharaohs, anda proof that such was the fact,has recently been furnished byMr. Wilkinson, (Vol. ii, 5,) whofound the remains of one in .inancient tomb at Thebes ; in… … Ko. .16, An K^-yptiiin in trie tiiae of Moses laising water by the swape. From sculptures atThebee 96 Siicpe used hij the Romans. [Book I. It appears to have formed one of a series, designed to rai-e water overthe elevation feebly portrayed in the Lack ground, in pr.>C-se!y the sameway that is…
Pumping machinery
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