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 490
he funneand also through the holes in tiie upper part of C.As the liouid dashes against the stone, the air sepa-j-ates and rises to the top of the vessel, whence it isfcirced by successive volumes through B to the fire,,while the water collects at the bottimi and is let offl)V a reg-ulatlno- valve… … Chap. 1.] Gulf Stream. 477 The trombe is of considerable antiquity. It was known to Heron, nnis referred to in Plinys Naturiil History. Kircher has given several fi^-ureaof it. See torn, i, 20.3, of his Mundus Subterraneus, and tonn. ii, pn. 310,347, of his Musurgia Universalis; in which last work…
Pumping machinery
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