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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 255

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Orestes, concerning which theoracle had spoken. He was further persuaded, when he recollectedthat the bellows of the smith might intim.ate the two winds; the anvil andthe hammer might express one form opposing another; the iron also,which was beaten, might signify ill succeeding ill, rightly… … No. 106 Double Lantern Bellows Pump. No. 107. Single Forcing Pamp. The application of lantern bellows as forcing pumps is, without doubt,of great antiquity : their adaptation to raise water was too obvious not tohave been early perceived, and hence we infer that they were at least oc-casionally…

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