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 99
. In-deed, M. Bailey and others have admitted that the astronomy of Chaldea,India, and Egypt, is but tlie wrtxik of a great system of astronomical sci-ence, wliich was carried to a high degree of perfection in the early agesof the world. When water is only required to be raised two or three feet… … •:*jiA-i ,S^ y///y^ No. S!9. Ejjptian .\toutal. A S!i\all trench is dug on the edge of the river, on the borders of whicht^o men stand opposite each other. They hold in each hand a conl, theends of which are attached to a basket of palm leaves c-overed with leatheri\.nev launching it into the…
Pumping machinery
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