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 251
tian monu-ments have brouo:ht to lisht, fijrures of such bellows haver been foundsculptured in a tomb at Thebes, which bears the name of Thothmes HI,one of the Pharaohs who was contemporary with Moses. No. 103 repre-sents four em.ployed at one fire, each pair being worked by the hands andfeet of a… … No. 103. Egj-ptiau Bellows and Bellows Blowers. 1500 B. C. The bags were secured to frames or to the ground, and appear to havehad rings of cane within them to keep the leather extended in a horizontaldirection. A separate pipe proceeded from each to the fire. The valvesor clacks are not shown…
Pumping machinery
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