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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 377

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ion of Herons fountainwas devised in the year 1746 by H. A. Wirlz, a Swiss pewterer or tin-plate worker of Zurich. It is sometimes named a spiral pump, and wasmade to raise water for a dye house in the vicinity of that city. What thecircumstances were that led Wirtz to its invention we are not… … No. 165. Sfcction of VVirtzs Pump. No. 166. View c. V/irtzs Pump. Wirtzs machine consists either of a helical or a spiral pipe. As theformer it is coiled round in one plane as A B C D E F in No. 165. Asa soiral it is arranged round the circumference of a cone or cylinder, andtr.en resembles the…

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