Hawkins, N. (Nehemiah), 1833- · New York : Theo. Audel · leaf 48
D. 1493. Historical Introductioti. 49 mains of some of the most celebrated cities of the ancientworld. Of Heliopolis, SycJne and Babylon in Egypt; of Tyre,Sidon, Palmyra, Nineveh, Carthage, Utica, Barca, and manyothers. The features of nature, says Dr. Clarke, continuethe same, though works of art… … PiCOTAH OF HiNDOSTAN. Bethesda, a reservoir, one hundred and fifty feet by forty, con-structed of large stones cramped with iron, and lined withflints embedded in cement, is the only specimen remaining otthe ancient architecture of that city. Note.—The operation of this primitive device may be thus…
Hydraulic machinery · Pumping machinery
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