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
, and its contents expelled by pressure. To suchHomer seems to allude in his account of Eolus assisting Ulysses: The adverse winds in leathern bags he braced, Compressed their force, and locked each struggling blast. Odys. 10. Ancient bronze tongs or forceps, similar to those in the cut, have been… … No. 100. Goldsiiiitli of Hindostan Ch And Ovid: Origin of the Valve.—AJncan BtlluiO!>. A largess to Ulysses he consigned, And in a steers touglj hide enclosed a wind. Met. xiv. a 35 The goldsmiths bellows of Barbary consists of a goats skin, Kavino areed inserted into it: he holds the reed with…
Pumping machinery
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