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 573
Roman pounds, andwas inscribed Faustiiife Nostra?.—(Encyc. Antiq. vol. i, 456 ) I wasshown, says Breval, in his Remarks on Europe, several curious frag-ments that had been dug out of the gardens of Maecenas. Among these,were some huge leaden pipes that conveyed the water from the Claudianaqueducts… … Na 274. AaeieDt Roman cock. 560 Silver Pipes—Peruvian Baths—Sliding Cochs. [Bov-k V. fact, thai some lesser tubes discovered amoni^ the same rubbish were ofsolid silver. Nothing, says Blainville, could equal in richness the apartments of Ca-racallas baths. Columns, statues, rarest marbles and…
Pumping machinery
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