Hydraulic Machinery e-bog

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Machinery actuated by water is termed hydraulic machinery, and writers often include under this title machines, such as pumps, which act on water. Hydraulic appliances were known and used from a very early date. Many of these, mainly for raising water, were employed long before the beginning of the Christian era.