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 246
ze in an incredibly short time. MEDIAEVAL FIKE-ENGINES. 241 It is not probable that the fire was ever extinguished,unless no larger than that of a match; but the house andits contents were not ruined by an inundation of water;and in these respects the ancient syringe had its advan-tages over the… … SYRINGE FIRE-ENGINE.{Frmn Benson. A. J). 1568.) was a screw which fitted threads cut on the innerside of the cylinder; and there was a crank at the endof the screw which was turned, and the screw wasforced in, driving the water before it, and out throughthe nozzle in quite a formidable stream. When…
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