Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 568
us the chain-pump, which differedfrom the ones now in use only in form. The chain of pots used in biblical times, crudethough it may seem, was an efficient machine, asis shown by its use in Josephs well. This well isprobably one of the most remarkable feats of engineering ever accomplished. As seen… … A is detail of buckets over wheel, and shows how the wheel wasoperated by rude method of wooden pins in wheels. B is a section of Josephs well showing how the water is lifted fromthe lower well into a reservoir at the base of first well. The spiralpassageway is shown like a number of windows on…
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