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 398
Heron, (as No. 173) that vapor from the contained liquids contributedchiefly to the result, although he has not in all cases mentioned it. Indeedk is not certain that he did not confound steam with air, as the philoso-phers of the sixteenth century did, of which some examples are givenin the next… … No. n Liqnids raisnil by heat in ancient al-tars—from tin; Spiritali:!. Chap. 2.] Jv^rnuitu nj Anrimt PiiPstt. 3S»5 no provision for a frcsli su|;^)l_y. BesiJes, as ilie liciuid was expclloj, theliigluM- would the rernalnilt;i- liave to be raised, and CfJiisefjneiMly unless theair received a…
Pumping machinery
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