810
IIYDllOSTA T
e s.
barrel BC
g~t
abor: it wh:J it is d, prelfed to B, nllfl
lhe vah'e
1,
(I/ltidl rtle hy the nfeent of the
1V.\tI"
tltrnup,h
lhe
MX
H
wlten tite r1ulIf,r r
g
I'I.'S
tlrnwo nI' )
f.dls ,iowlI
2no flops tite hole in
1[,
Ihe IIwmcnl Ihal lite
pluo~er
is
raifedln il;
r.rc~ldl h~ighl.
T hol'f.>re,
RS
Ihe W:ller
b~l\\'CCO
lhe plungcr
g
antl bo:,
H
eJn ocilhcr
~ell!trour.h
Ihe pluoger upon
lIS
ekfeenl, Mr baek agaio iOlo Ihe
lowcr par! of Ihe pump
L _,
hUI
I,,~
a free pJfr.lge "7 lhe
ea,ity arollod
H
inlO Ihe pipe
M ~I ,
whie l, opcns iOlo Ihe
ail 'vclfe!
KIC
al
1';
lhe waler is fora d lhrough lhe pipe
MM
by rhe defeenl of Ihe pllloger. antl dril'en into Ihe
air.vertd; aod io lunning up Ihrough rlte pipe al
P,
il
(lpeos Ihe ..Ive
n ;
whleh fhu ls al rhe momenr rlte
plunger bcgins lO be raifed, bmufc lhe aftion of Ihe
warer againfllhe lindel' fide oulte valve Ihen e"fcs.
The WJlcr, being Ihus foreed inro lhe air·\'eOel
KK
by repealed flrokcs of Ihe plunger, gels above lite 10IVer
cnd of lhe pipe
CH!,
and Ihen begins 10 eoodenfe Ihe
.ir io Ihe velfel
KK.
For, as rhe pipe
GH
is fixed . ir–
tight inlo lhe velfel belo",
F,
aoolhe .ir 1m 00
~'ay
ro
get our of rhe .drel bUl Ihrollgl\ rhe moulh 01' the pipe
2t
1,
and eannol get out ...hen rhe mOUth I is eovered
with waler, ano is more ano more
enndenf,~1
as lhe
waler rifes upon Ihe pipe, Ihe air Ihen begios ro aft for–
cibly by ils fpriog'agaiofl lhe furfaee of Ihe waler, ar
H :
and Ihis aftillo drives Ihe warer up Ihrough Ihe pipe
[H
GF,
from whenee ir fpours io ajel S ro a greal heighr;
a1ld il fupplied by alternalcly raifing Aod depreffing 01' Ihe
plunLer
g,
",hieh eooHanrly forees lhe water lhar il rai–
(es Ihrough the valve
H,
aloos Ihe pipe MM, into Ihe
air-verrcl
KK.
'fhe higher Ihat lhe fu.faee of Ihewater
H
is raired io
rh~
air·verre/, lh. lefs fpm willlhe air be eondenfed io·
lO, whid, oefore filb l rhal veffd; aod Iherefore lhe
force of ilS fpriog 'will be fo mueh rhe flrooeer upoo lbe
waler, antlwill drive il \Vilh Ihe grealer force Ihrough
the pipe al
F:
and as Ihe fpriog of Ihe air eontinues
whilfllhe pluoeer
g
is
rifio~,
Ihe tlreamor j:l S will oe
uniform, as loog as rhe aftlon of Ihe pluoger eoorioues:
3011
\Iheo Ihe . alve
f¡
opeos, ro lel Ihe w' ler follow Ihe
plunger upward.. lhe
val~'e
a
fhUlI,.IOhinoer. rhe warer,
whieh:s foreed '010 lhe aH·velfcl , froOl runnlog baek by
¡he pipe
MM
ioto rhe bar"l of lhe pump.
If rhere \Val
00
air·vdíd 10 Ihis eogioe, Ihe pipe
GH[
would
O!
joineu ro Ihe pipe
MMN
ar
P;
and ¡heo
the JCI
S
would flop every rime Ihe plunger is raifeJ,
and run or,ly wheo Ihe plunser is deprerrcd
MI'
Ne~
fh,m's waler·rngine . forexringuifhing
6re,
con–
r.lls of r\\'o foreing pumps, whieh ahernarely drive wa–
I!r iOlo a
cl~fe
velfe! of
atr;
and by foreiog rhe waler io–
to th,r veffcl. Ihe air io ir is IherebyeondellfeJ, and eom–
F clfcs Ihe waler fo flrooSly. rhal .il rufhe.! OUI lVilh
gr~al
in,peluofiryand force
th~ough
a pIpe lhar eOOles down
10'
10 ir; ,nd m,kes a eonltould umform flream
hy
Ihe con–
deoration of rhe air upon ils fUlfaee io Ihe ,errd.
Hv means of foreiog plllnps, water maybe raifed 10 a–
"Y
h~ióhl
ahoye Ihe.levcl of a river 01' fprins;
~nd
ma–
chioes I"ay be
eontrt.cl! 10 work Ihefe pumps, ellher by
a
ruoniog flream, , fa!
I
of
ware~,
or by horfes . An
ioflaoee in faeh fOil
\VIII
oc fuffieleol to
O'CW
Ihe me–
Ih~d.
Firfl, by a ruonios Ore'm. Or afall of w,ler . Lel AA
(fiJ:.
5·)
he a IVhecl lurnen by the
r,1l
of water
na ·
and
ha"c JOy o"moer nf cranl,s (filppofe ti>:) as
e,
D,
E.
F,
G. H,
no ils
ay.I~.
aceordin¡: IIllhc
Hr~r.grll
drhe f.1I of
waler, and Ihe h:ighl
10
whieh rhe l'Ialer is iOlended ro
be raifed by lhe englne. As lhe wheclruros round. thefc
cr
~n.ksmovc
Ih~
levers
r,
d,
_,
r.
g, .h,
up an.! down, hy
Ihe Iroo rods "
~,
/, "',
n, o;
whleh allcrnalely
raif~
and deprefs Ihe pillons hy Ihe olher
iron
rods
r,
q,
r,
"
/,
u.
'W.
x,,r,
in l"'elve pumps ; nine II'hereof, as
L,
!I[,
N, O,
P,
Q¿
R,
S,
T.
appear io rhe plm ; rhe olher
Ihree being h,o oehind rhe ...011: al
V.
And as rires may
go from all
Ihef~
purups, ro eoovey rhe waler (drawn up
by Ihe01 to a fmaJl heighl) ioto a clofe cillero, f,om
",hich Ihe maio pipe pro,eeds, rhe waler \ViII be foreed
inlo lhis eiflero by Ihe defeenl of Ihe piflons. And as
eaeh pipe, going from ils refpeélive pump ioro lhe cillern,
has a valve at irs eod io rhe cifiero. Ihefe ,>alves will
hinder Ihe returo of rhe water by Ibe pipes; ano there.
fore, \Vhen Ihe ciHern is ooce full, eaeh pifloo UpOll ill
dcreen! \ViII force rhe waler (eonfeyed ioro the ciflern oy
a former firoke) up Ihe maio
~pe,
ro Ibe heighr the eo–
sioe lVas iOler.dcd 10 raife il: "bich heighr depeods up–
on the
quant~ry
raifed, and Ibe po",er ¡har IUros tbe whell.
Wheo Ihe power UpOD Ihe whoel is lelfeoed by aoy de–
feft of Ihe quanliry of water ruroing il, a proponioo•.
ble oumberof ¡he pumps may be laid afine, by difeo–
S'giog Iheir rods fro", lhe vibrariog levers.
This figure is a reprefenlarioo of ¡be en[.ine tre,qed
at Blenheim for the Ouke of Marlborough , by lhe lare
ingeniou! Mr Alderfea. The wmr·whee! is
7~
(w
io
diameler, accordiog ro Mr Swilzer's aeeounl in his Hy–
draulics.
Wheo fueh
a
machioe is plaeed in 2 flream lhal ruol
upon a fmall declivilY. rhe mOlioo of rhe levérs aod ac·
tion of Ihe pumps will be bUI Oow; fince the wheel mull
go ooce round for eaeh flroke of the pumpI. BUI, wheo
there is a large body of 0011' running waler, a eog 01'
fpnr.wheel may be plaeed upoo eaeh fide
o(
the waler–
whecl AA, upon us axis, to rul'o a trunale upon mh
fide; rhe moks beiog upon rheaxis of Ibe trundle. Ano
by proponiooiog Ihe eog.wheels 10 the Iluodlel, rhe
tilO–
lion of the pump' may
be
made quicker, aecordiog ro
rhe qu, nlily aod flreogrh of Ihe waler upoo the 6rfl
wheel; which may be as gre' l as Ihe workmao pleafes,
aeeordiog to the leoglh aod breadth of rhe floar-boudl
or wings of Ihe whee!. In rhi, manner, rhe engioe (or
raifing water at Loodoo·Bridge is eonflruélcd; in lI'hi,h
rhe wat.,-wheel is
lO
fm diameler, aod Ihe flol!
14
fm loog.
A quadruple pump·millf.¡r raiji"g 'Il.'a/tr.
TR¡ en gioe is repre(eoled io PIare
99.
fit
l .
In
whieh ARCO is a whee!, rumed by warer accoruiog 10
rhe order of rhe lerrer!.
00
rhe horizoolal
a~i!
arefour
fmall wheels, roorhed almofl hal( round: and Ihe pans
of their edges on whieh rhere are no reelh are cut down
fo as 10 be el'eo lI'ilh the bOlloms of Ihe leetn where
they flaod.
Tl:~
lmh of lhefe four wheels take aheromly inlo
Ihe