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 534
of the feet. 5ee No. 240. When the bore oi the siphon uproperly adjusted to the quanrity of water flj a r.g ■r.tc a basin, the aLimalwill appear to drink the vvhcle. 420 Tantalus Cups—\Tasic PitcJicri, [Book V The following represent a number of Tantalus cups, magic goblets, &c,In No. 2-41, the… … No. 242. No. -iU. No. 245 Devices of this kind admit of numerous modifications by which the tubemay be concealed. When it is enclosed within the figure of a man, (theWater entering at one foot slightly raised, and passing out through theother,) the vessel is named a Tantalus cup, and the liquid…
Pumping machinery
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