The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement (1826)
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843, A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer, United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner DSI · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green · leaf 231
t is supplied by immersion in water, whenthe orifice is open above, and the supplyretained by the fall of the lever, the resilience of the air from below beingthe principle of suspension. The finger alone may be used as a substitutefor the lever («); and this constitutes the machine in its simplest… … •■220 Domestic Notices: — England. waste corner about the fields may be planted with the tubers in April orMay; the same treatment given to them as you would give to potatoes,and you will have a good crop. On the approach of a storm, take up aquantity of the roots, and put them down where you wish…
