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 512
nt its end is opened ; but it willdepend upon ilie length and figure of the tjhe, and the relative proportionof its two orifices, whether the liquid rush up above the surface without,or slowly reach it and there remain. The following are selected from a number of experiments raatle severalvears… … .N.... J-, -^a. 224. 225. 226. 227. 228. ExPER. I.—No. 222, a cylindrical glass tube, 18 inches long and half-Inchcore. Its upper orifice was closed air-tight by the finger, and the lowerone then held four inches under the surface of the water in the vessel.Upon raising the finger, the liquid rose…
Pumping machinery
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