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The great inventions : their history, from the earliest period to the present. Their influence on civilization, accompanied by sketches of lives of the principal inventors; their labors, their hardships and their triumphs (1883)

Wilkie, Franc B. (Franc Bangs), 1832-1892 · Philadelphia and Chicago, J. A. Ruth & co. · leaf 242

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HYDEAULIC EAM AND PEESS. 239 Much value is gained from the use of water in hydrau-lic presses and the hydraulic ram, as well as in otherdirections. The hydraulic press is very simple in con-struction and principle, but very powerful in its action.In principle, it may be spoken of as as mall pump…

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