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 166
t. From theresem.blance of the chains or ropes and cushions, to the rosary, or stringof beads on which Roman catholics count their prayers, these machines » Staunton, Vol. iii, 315. i Duhaldes China. Paris. 1735 Tom. ii, 06. 67.<^Ogilvvs Translation. Lon. 1673, pp. 54. 85—snd Histoire Generale.… … ^ No. 65. Cliain Pump from Agricola. The next author who describes these pumps, that has fallen in our way,IS Bcsson. Plate 50, of his Theatre Des Instrumens, is a representationof a double one. Two cylinders are placed parallel to each other, so thatthe chain passes through both. It is sliown as…
Pumping machinery
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