A guide to the exhibition illustrating Greek and Roman life (1920)
British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities · London, British Museum · leaf 133
he plunger descended it forced the water from thecylinder into the central discharge pipe through another flap-valve (D) at the end of the horizontal pipe. BD in the figure showsthe structure of the flap-valves, which the Greeks called aaadpia( pennies ) from their likeness to coins. F is a… … Restored Fit,. 128.—Section of second Roman Bronze Pump, prom Bolsena (No. 339). line) is supplied in the section (fig. 128). In this example the moreadvanced spindle valve takes the place of the flap valves, and thetwo valves side by side open into a central domed chamber, inplace of the simple…
Civilization, Greek and Roman · Classical antiquities
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