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 440
of the piston, while a vacuum is formed on the opposite side. The nextstep was to move the piston by the steam alone, and such are named high-pressure engines. The term s/cam-engine is therefore not so definite assome persons might suppose, since it is not confined to those in whichsteam is the… … No. 191. Guerricke. A. D. 1654. 426 Guerrickes Illustration of Atmospheric Pressure. [Book IV may be thought of engines made previous to the 17th century, those cfmodern days were obviously derived from atmosplieric ones of the firatclass, while these in their turn were very likely deduced from…
Pumping machinery
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