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 274
mention clysters, but without describing distinctly ti.einstrument employed : the latter m his 30th book, cap. 7, seems to referto the commonpewter syringe, an instnanimt. or jipc of tin: this is atleast probable, for pewlev, dccorumg to Whittaker, was borrowed from theRomans. It is well… … No. 115. Syringes usi^d l>y lliniloos iu celebrat?rg soma religious IcstiviiiS. Had the syringe not been mentioned by ancient authors, its antiquitymight be inferred from a particular emi loyment of it by the Hmdoos. Thearts, manners and customs of these people have remained unchanged fromvery…
Pumping machinery
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