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 113
s tM ^wape, by which God drew up his son frorr.the bottom of the pit of infiddity. It is used by the Japanese ; and as fi-gured by Montanus, the bucket is raised by pulling down the opposite enuof the lever by means of cards attached to it. . . ^ ^, i ,, , v In Fi.hers Constantinople, and the… … mcnt lias rentli-recl liis name notorious. In the foreground is representedthe following Hgiire of tlie swape, a machine wliicli tlie writer observes, forms a conspicuous olijeclincve^y landscape in the eust.One is seen erected in everygarden, and as irrigation isconstantly rerjuired in ar.arid…
Pumping machinery
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