Elementary treatise on physics experimental and applied for the use of colleges and schools (1890)
Ganot, A. (Adolphe), 1804-1887, Atkinson, E. (Edmund) · New York : W. Wood · leaf 214
tto which it can be raisedin this tube dependssolely on the motive forcewhich works the pump. If the tube D were aprolongation of the tube]ao, the flow would be in-termittent ; it would takeplace when the piston de-scended, and would ceaseas soon as it ascended.But between these tubesthere is an… … -219] Fire-engine. 197 voir by its weight ; while the other, in virtue of this pressure, rises in thereservoir above the lower orifice of the tube D, compressing the air above.Consequently, when the piston ascends, and no longer forces the water intoM, the air of the reservoir, by the pressure it…
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