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 319
much so, that in Rome itself anycurious piece of mechanism was, by way of eminence, named 7??/n?c. An-cient armies were also often employed in obtaining, raising and cutting offwater ; the hydraulic engines of Ganymede nearly ruined Caesar and hisarmy in Alexandria, Cyrus took Babylon by diverting… … iVo. 141. Egyptian Fire-Eiigiue of the 2d century before Christ, from Herons Spiritalia. That the idea of emy)loying forcing pumps as fire-engines was not newin the time of Apollodorns or Vitruvius, we have conclusive evidence.Among the small number of ancient writings that escaped destruction…
Pumping machinery
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