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 ... in Five Books, Illustrated by Nearly Three Hundred Engravings

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Derby & Jackson, 1858 - Pumping machinery - 608 pages
 

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