Our boys; what they can do and how to do it (1893)
Stoddart, William, [from old catalog] comp · New York, Hunt & Eaton; Cincinnati, Cranston & Curts · leaf 183
hilosophy of a pump, and even makeits action visible? Few contrivances in nature are more beautiful than that bywhich water is carried through the crust of the earth. This isaccomplished by a natural system of pipeage, consisting oftwo tight layers of rock or clay with a layer of porous sand… … Tiir Tprv(-Tii T? riTT apil^^t^v ■\i tt t t; will show how by this means the homes of men are enrichedand beautified. An ordinary tea kettle shows the principle of the artesianwell, inasmuch as the water stands as high in the spout as inthe kettle. This fact, though familiar, is wonderful. It…
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