. Charles V. Mapes'. Agricultural machinery. 210 C. V. MAPES' ILLUSTIlzVTED Fig. 392. Water Ram,—Sectional view. The simplicity of the operation of this machine, together with its effectiveness and very apparent durability, render it decidedly an important and valuable appa- ratus for forcing a portion of a running stream of water to any distance and elevation proportioned to the fall obtained. It is applicable where no more than 18 inches fall can be obtained, yet the greater the fall applied, the higher may the water be conveyed—the quantity raised varying in proportion to the he
. Charles V. Mapes'. Agricultural machinery. 210 C. V. MAPES' ILLUSTIlzVTED Fig. 392. Water Ram,—Sectional view. The simplicity of the operation of this machine, together with its effectiveness and very apparent durability, render it decidedly an important and valuable appa- ratus for forcing a portion of a running stream of water to any distance and elevation proportioned to the fall obtained. It is applicable where no more than 18 inches fall can be obtained, yet the greater the fall applied, the higher may the water be conveyed—the quantity raised varying in proportion to the height with a given fall. Wherever a large spring, or a limited but constant stream, is at hand, by which a fall of four or five feet may be produced, by building a dam or otherwise, a con- siderable portion of the water of such stream may be raised to a perpendicular height of more than 100 feet by its own power. Thus, a stream in a deep valley, or a river, or brook, situated some distance below a point where it is desired to have a cistern or reservoir, may be made to raise itself by one of these machines. From such a cistern or reservoir the water may be conveyed to any part of the premises of a lower yard, and applied to the purposes of irrigation, the watering of stock, the supply of manufactories, or for domestic or ornamental use. By this means, lawns may be kept fresh and green through the driest weather, fields and gardens may be irrigated, fountains be kept playing, and public buildings, hospitals, hotels, private dwellings, and manufactories maybe copiously supplied with water in their highest apartments. The proprietors furnish these machines to order, of 6 sizes, and at a moderate cost. They will raise from 5 to 50 gallons per minute. The plate. Fig. 393, represents the various tools used in securing the ice-crop. The tools used in this business are its own, peculiar and beautiful, of great variety, and some of them costly, but very effective. The ice-cutter alon
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