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 291
lied by atmospheric pumps extending to it, as inNo. 127. The cylinder of the atmospheric pumpterminates in the bottom of the cistern, and is plac-ed directly under that of the lifting one; the pistonsof l)oth being attached to the same rod and workedbv the same frame. Such was the construction oi7.… … 278 Lifting Pumjfs. [Book III If the licdd of a common pump (No. 90) be closed, except an openingthroiigli which the rod works, or may be worked, it is then convertedinto a lifting pump, and will raise water to any elevation ci:rough a pipeattiiched to the spout. Tht oarii-ist specimen that we have…
Pumping machinery
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