The engineer's sketch-book of mechanical movements, devices, appliances, contrivances and details employed in the design and construction of machinery for every purpose; (1902)
Barber, Thomas Walter. [from old catalog] · New York, Spon & Chamberlain · leaf 27
and largevolumes of air; but for pressures of from i lb. per square inch■and upwards, the rotary or cylinder types are best. The followingare devices not so well known, but sometimes useTul:— 101. The Trompe, or water-jet blower. Water under pressure is discharged through a rose into a… … 2 2 THE ENGINEERS SKETCH-BOOK. 103. Organ bellows. The lower feeders pump alternately into the double-tier upper reservoir, which has ihe uj^per set of ribsinverted, as shown, to equalise the pressure throughout its rise.The reservoir is loaded with weights to the required pressure. 104. Smiths…
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