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 111
leritythat the water never ceases ruuning, and yoa can scarcchf see tlie manmoving along his beam; yet he is sometimes at the heiszht of twent\teet, at others, touching the ground; and such is his confidence, that helaughs, sings, smokes, and eats in this apparently ticklish situation. Vol.iv. p.… … No. 37. Picotah of Hindostan. Fryers Travels :ji India. 187.13 93 The Swave in Arabia. [Book I ^reatlse on Pneumatics. It is figured in most of the old authors, and wasmost likely, copied from the Picotah, and other oriental machines, wluchhave been propelled in a similar manner from very remote…
Pumping machinery
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