Mechanics of the household; a course of study devoted to domestic machinery and household mechanical appliances (1918)
Keene, E. S. (Edward Spencer), b. 1864 · New York, McGraw-Hill book company, inc.; · leaf 122
tthrough the center. The lower end fits loosely in the piece K,and makes a water-tight joint around its outer edge, by restingon a rubber ring C-C The right-hand side of the siphon isopen at H, and when the tank is full, the level of the water is atAA, which is almost at the top of the division… … Fig. 107.—Details of construction of a simple type of siphon flush tank. C-Cj into the pipe K] this causes a partial vacuum to form in 2),and the water is lifted over the division plate K, and flows outat D, forming the siphon. As soon as the siphonic action beginsthe siphon may be dropped back on…
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