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 435
when it is turned till the upper orifice of thepipe corresponds with the opening in the disk, then hot water is drivenout; and when the opening in the disk does not coincide with either,nothing can escape. After observing that an opening with a proper stop-per should be made in the vessel, to… … No. 189. A.D. 1633—4. i22 Raising Water by Steam, from Kircher. [Book IV tinues— The larger you make this vessel, the more strange it will appearin its effects, so the lights [wicks] be proporcionable. Fill the vessellhalte full of water, and set the lights on fire underneath it, and after ashort…
Pumping machinery
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