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 248
carcely ever been known to give up an ancient tool or the ancientmode of using it: hence the paucity of their implements; a file, a ham-mer, a pair of tongs, and a blowing tube, being in general all that theoudg(!t of an African or Asiatic jeweler contains. As we have given figures of sucking tubes… … Na 98. Egyptiaa using a reed. 1600 B. C. No. 99. Ancient Egyptian Goldsmith. No. 98, represents an Egyptian blowing a fire with a reed. It is fromthe paintings at Beni Hassan, and extends back through a period of 3.,500years. According to Mr. Wilkinson, the figure is that of a goldsmith, blowing…
Pumping machinery
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