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 555
with mirrors of varioussizes, the floor covered with carpets of silk interwoven with branchesand foliage of gold and silver. In the centre were two basins in whichseveral pipes spouted water that fell among roses and other flowers andproduced a fine effect. Another fountain at the entrance threw… … Ancient fuuiitain for cattle. That ancient farmers occasionally conveyed water through pipes intofields for the use of their stock, as is now sometimes done, appears fromthe above cut, from a basso relievo preserved in one of the museums atRome.—(DAgincourts History of the Fine Arts. Sculp. Plate…
Pumping machinery
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