Hiscox, Gardner Dexter, 1822?-1908 · New York, The Norman W. Henley publishing co. · leaf 188
t that,by its raising and falling, operates adouble-ported air valve for filling thetank, by discharging the air, and for dis-charging the water by the admission ofcompressed air, A single-flap valveat the bottom of the tank admits thewater. The valve is thrown only atthe top and bottom of the… … 661. COMPRESSED AIR LIFTSVSTEM of pump-ing water fromdeep wells. Thepressure in the airpipe must be great-er than the hydrostatic pressure of the water at thebottom of the pipe, and in quantities sufficient tomake the ascending column of air and water inthe flow pipe lighter in its total height…
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