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Elementary hydrostatics (1879)

Smith, J. Hamblin (James Hamblin), 1829-1901 · Toronto : A. Miller · leaf 80

An illustration from Elementary hydrostatics, 1879, leaf 80
This machine consists of a double forcings-pump, botl.imps coninmuiciiting v.itJi the same air-vessel M. The pipe T descends into a reservoir of water. The valves opening upwards are at F, V and R, R. F\f>, a fixed beam round wliich the pistcn-rods work. The water is discharged tliruugh the pipe… … AB is a cylindrical barrel in which a piston with a valve 3iopening upwards works, the piston rod passing through an air-tight collar at A. BC is the suction-pipe of which the end G is placed underthe surface of the water. DE is a pipe up which the water is to be raised. At D and B are valves…

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