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 302
x, and is so arranged (by means of a cam or other contrivance connectedto the axle of the small cylinder on the outside of the case) that it can bepushed into the interior as in the figure, and at the proper *^ime bedrawn back to afford a passage for the piston. Two o])enings near eachother are… … No. I,.4. Uolntv Piiir.i) >(thp 16th Ch Rotary Tumpa. 285» oofore it, a id the vacuity forme J luliind is instantly fiili.-il vvitii firsli por-tions driven up the suction pipe hy the atmosphere ; and when tlic pistonm its course oescer.Is pas*. B B it sweeps this water up the same way.Bramah…
Pumping machinery
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