Elements of mechanics: for the use of colleges, academies, and high schools (1859)
Peck, William G. (William Guy), 1820-1892 · New York, A. S. Barnes & Burr · leaf 316
are employed in theworking of pumps: the sucking, the lifting, and theforcing principle. Pumps are frequently named accordingas one or more of these principles are employed. Sucking and Lifting Pump. 209. This pump consists of a cylindrical barrel A, at the lowerextremity of which is attached… … Fig. 1T4. 314 MECHANICS. pump is at rest, closes by its own weight. This valveis called, from its position, the piston-valve. A secondvalve 6r, also opening upwards, is placed at the junction ofthe pipe with the barrel. This is called the sleeping-valve.The space LM, through which the piston can be…
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