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 394
c. are descriljedlrc work w;is tirst pivbiislied iu 15i3U. 3^0 Air Machines—Fro/ft Decatu. [Book IV wate»- to ticw out as in the figur ;. And after the heat of the Jay is passed ai.a the nifrtit shall come, the vessels shall draw the water of thecistern [spring] by the pipe and sucker [lower valve]… … NO 174. Air Machine, from Decaus. An improvement upon the preceding machine is next given by Decaus.The form of the vessels is altered, and double convex lenses or burningglasses are so arranged on their covers as to collect the raies otthe sun within the said vessels, the which will cause a great…
Pumping machinery
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