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 EngravingsBangs, Platt, & Company, 1851 - 608 pages |
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