A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water, ancient and modern : with observations on various subjects connected with the mechanic arts: including the progressive development of the steam engine . Encyc. Art. Arkeko. Persian Trav. 157. •Lindsays Tiav. Let 9.^Ogilvys Africa, 306. •Lardncrs Arte of the Greeks :ind , i, 1C9. Chap. 8. Cord Olid Bucket. which we spoken in a previous chapter, has steps which lead downto the \^ Tho well for the purification of ^hipper>. in the tem-ple of Isis, in Pompeii, has a descent by steps t
A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water, ancient and modern : with observations on various subjects connected with the mechanic arts: including the progressive development of the steam engine . Encyc. Art. Arkeko. Persian Trav. 157. •Lindsays Tiav. Let 9.^Ogilvys Africa, 306. •Lardncrs Arte of the Greeks :ind , i, 1C9. Chap. 8. Cord Olid Bucket. which we spoken in a previous chapter, has steps which lead downto the \^ Tho well for the purification of ^hipper>. in the tem-ple of Isis, in Pompeii, has a descent by steps to the water.*» The wellsof Thrace, had generally a covered flight of Ancient wells ofsimilar construction are still to be seen in various parts of Euiope. Thereis one near Hempstearl. Eng. for the protection of which, an act of par-liament was passed in the reign of Henry VIH. Such wells, probably gave rise to the beautiful circular stairs so com-mon in old towers, and still known, as well stairs. ? In Galveston, (Texas,) and other parts of America, where there are nosprings, cisterns are sunk in the sand between hillocks, into which thesurface w-atcr drains, and steps are formed to lead down to it. CORD AND BUCKET,.
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