Elementary treatise on physics, experimental and applied : for the use of colleges and schools (1906)
Ganot, A. (Adolphe), 1804-1887, Atkinson, Edmund, 1831-1901, Reinold, A. W. (Arnold William), 1843-1921 · New York : Wood · leaf 224
which the water is forced.At each ascent of thepiston B, which is solid,the water rises throughthe tube A into the barrel.When the piston sinksthe valve S closes, andthe water is forced throughthe valve O into the reser-voir M, and thence intothe tube D. The heightto which it can be raised in this… … Fig. 217 -220] Fire-engine 207 cease as soon as it ascended. But between these tubes there is aninterval, which, by means of the air in the reservoir M, ensures a continuousflow. The water forced into the reservoir M divides into two parts, one ofwhich, rising in D, presses on the water in the…
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