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 141
d in tlie ae^rica.lural districts of the ancient world. No. 5.3, represents a section of a mod-ern machine. The wheel istaced in orover I. :;islern designed to receive the wa-le-. Bickctsare secured to the chain be-I^^een ths joints of the la*.ter, and the\\ neei 3 ^t .-evolves, receives the… … No. 55. Modern Chain of Pots. The chain of pots has been appliedto a great variety of purposes. It hasbeen employed for ages, in cleansingdocks, deepening harbors, &c. Thevessels being made of iron and formedlike wide scoops, are made to pass un-der pulleys attached to the bottom of amoveable…
Pumping machinery
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