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 86
.s^ L, … There cannot be a more expeditious way to raise water from a deepwell, than to make a large wheel, [drum] at the end of the winlace,that may be two or three times the diameter of the winlace, onwhich a smaller and longer rope may be wound, than that which raises Chap. 10.] Tread Wheel. 73 the…
Pumping machinery
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