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 408
though it may be a limited acquaintance withI he meclianical properties of that fluid. Wo should never suppose thatthis elegant a|)plication of the jet to sustain a ball in the air was the fruitof a first attempt to use steam, much less that the conqilex movement ofthe whirling eolipile was another… … Chap, 3.] Eolijjues described by VUruviua. 396 without having ever heard of either 1 No more than any old mcchai.icianever invenied the above before experimental researclies on steam had be-came familiar to him, if not to his contemporaries. Besides, there havebeen within the last half century not…
Pumping machinery
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