A London encyclopaedia, or universal dictionary of science, art, literature and practical mechanics : comprising a popular view of the present state of knowledge : illustrated by numerous engravings, a general atlas, and appropriate diagrams (1829)
Curtis, Thomas, fl. 1820 · London : Thomas Tegg · leaf 229
r liquids. The principle of the improved filtering ma-chines consists in combining hydrostatic pressurewith the mode of filtering per ascensum, whichprocures the peculiar advantage of causing thefluid and its sediment to take opposite directionsThe filtering surface remains the same, whilethe… … FIL 219 FIN The reservoir G may be of any form or di-mension which is convenient; the principal partof the machinery consisting of a square vessel,A D, bent in the form of an inverted syphon.Tlie curve may be circular, elliptic, or in anyother direction, and made of block-tin. Thisvessel is filled…
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