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
short, but this is to be attri-buted to its defective representation.The following summary of ancient Brit-ish devices is from Fosbrokes Encyclo-pedia of Anti(]nities. The Anglo-iSaxons had a wheel for drawing waterfrom wells. They were common annexations to houses. Rings werefixed to the chains of… … No. 3D. .Vnglo Saxon Swape. Old German Swaj>es. [Book i 100 buckets one at each end of a chain adapted to a versatile engine calledvoWolus Buckets witli iron hoops, and drawing water from deep wellsas a punishment. The swape appears to have been the principal ma-chine in Endand for raising water…
Pumping machinery
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