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 257
re in their forms and decorations excjuisitely chaste, others are bizarreand «ome are obscene. There is one of bronze on which an individual iarepresented blowing the flnme with his mouth, as in the act of kindling afire: and in another the artist has introduced, as an appropriate embellisih-nient,… … No. lUd. ISellows figured on a Roman Lamp. No. 109. Bellows Forcing Pumps (lom Kircher An example of the application of such bellows as atmosj)heric pumpshas already been given, page 207. Tiie adjoining figure (No. 109) is copiedfrom Kirchers Mundus Subterraneus, torn, i., p. 230, Amsterdam, 16G5…
Pumping machinery
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