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 421
seem to be. Let it be of transpa-rent glass that you may see the water running up : fill this with boilingwater, and when it is very hot, or setting the bottom of it to the fire thatit may not presentlle wax cold ; the moutb being turned downwards thatit may touch the water, it will suck it all in.… … No. 186. Fludd. 4U8 Raising Wulci Jnj iJic Ehtstkitij of Steam,from Porta. [Book 1\ That the same laljorious IxpiMiiiieiiters were accjuainteJ with the proper-ty of steam to displace liquids from close vessels is equally clear. Manyof their operations made them familiar with the fact that in tliis…
Pumping machinery
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