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 97
and cultivate on the sides ofnKjuntams. The Chinese, says LeComte, have everywhere inXensi and Xansi, for want ofrain, certain pits from twentyto a hundred and twenty feetdeep, from which they drawwater by an incredible toil toirrigate their land. That themode of carrying water to thefields by the… … ^o. ■■:,. Kyyplians wati-riiig laud wilh Iuls iiiiU Voke. •See Sliaws Tra,. 403, 412 ; Uiiiver. Hist. Vol. i, COS; and our remaiks on theNoriji, in Chap. XIV. 84 Hindoo Water Carrier. [Book 1, Thebes, with leather straps and bronze buckles, and is now preserved inEngland. The yoke is about three…
Pumping machinery
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