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Scientific American, Vol. 29, No. 6 (August 1873) (1873)

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OUBLE-ACTING BUCKET PLUNGES, STEAM PUMP. portion of the island, except to within a few hundred yards cester were run by an engine with 16 inches cylinder, 22 inches stroke, and 6£ feet driving wheel, in fifty-eight min- of the shore, which at every point is sandy and covered with The fire pump… … noted, from the fact that, while a large portion of weight of about 64 tuns, and a heating surface of power is required to discharge water, but little is 2,100 square feet. This engine has indicated over WRIGHT'S DOUBLE-ACTING BUCKET PLUNGER STEAM PUMP. needed to draw it through the suction valves.…

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