New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-10-19
EWRANK,S nYpRAULICs.
- The Fir-t Number of the Descriptive ana
Historical account Of Hydraulics and other Ma



chine. for Raising Water. &c. Sc. Sc by THOMAS Ew'
BANK, published end faf sale this morning
The Contents OF this in part are a. follows
CHAPTER The su' Ierf OF raising wafer INTEREST,"
o philosophers anl u.rclaAlcs-Lrd 90 iAo invention 'i
the steamen9ine-Orsln oi ihe a.eui os osi-fiist n
yeu-rs le greatest beneicfois- Memorials Of them re
ishea "Ae iccllnisol warriors ana tAei aeis per- aa Z
and poluie the pages Of hsfoff-A record ~ tne osn
and early progress the nr1 more useiul and Interesting
than All the works oi historians eAanilne history oi
single tool ia that oi LtiHmey JOBS aniDe 1he sri''
Ia wreck o the a of Gle ancicnt most NJ their devices
for raising wrfrr d-Cause o tAis-liY tlaulc ma
chimes OF fcly remote orsn-
CHAPTER iI. Wa,erlt. importance Earliesi soure e
Of naumar motive pOWcr-its distribution over the Garth
not unii0m-suier of The oncniaa from want ot a.
wrters-folticii ingenuity OF Mahomri-Water prom
inent feature the pafad ofthr AsatcsC often
Cost of draught OF such waer-h ydraulc machine re-
ferred o. n MISUNDERSTANDING modes Of procuring
waieri slns The hand ~ cuI-iradltlons respecting
Adam-Orgn Of the arts.
CHAPTER ILL., Origin Of vessels for containing water
The caabash the hst oue-lt has always been used
Found by Columbus lu Che cabins OF Anercans-C urou-
remark Of Pliny respecting if-Common among the an-
ceni Mexicsus Romans aud Egypuans-lhe model after
which vessels of capacity originally i0uned-ti fig
ure stl preaerge n ssFcm-Aucen American lesse Is
copied from iAnceut vessels for heating water mode I'd
aner i'll ipkn-Saucepan- Anccdotc of Roman dica.
for-Thc casf-rOu cfudF0nOteu referred % In
the Bible and in tho lad- Grccian, Roman Celtic CHI
nese and Peruvian eau dfous-Exrerness OF Chinese nk-
-Crusus and The Delphi Olacle-J nlofmfy in the
figure OF cauldr1us-Cuse Of this-Supeoriy NJ their
fo over ION cauldrons ii4nIv
przed-Waterp0ts Of the iiindoos-Women driwln@ Wa
ter-AuecdOte of Darius and young female OF Safdls-
Dexferfy of oriental women ia balancing waiorpof--
Origin Of The canopus-nscnuty and fraud Of an Esyp
tian priest.
CHAPTER ". On weiis-Water one Of the list OBJ
jeets of ancient husbindmen- LotWels before the Del
metasArt Of digging them carried 20 great perfection BY
derived from the East-Wels often the nuclei of cities
Private wells common of old-Pubic wells infested by
bsndiutSWells numerous IN Greece-Persian Am3assa-
dols 20 Athes aud Lacedemon thrown INTO weI,-Cs nf
and Pompeys knowledge Of making wells enabled them
to conquer-Cty Of Pompei discovered by dissing well
Csierns OF soomOn-suienng- OF uaFeie., nom 'hiis
Affecting account from Leo Afuesnus-hr Bruce in
Abyssnia-Dr kyers in Gombroon-i ndoos praying Tor
waerCaravau Of 2o0l persons aud 200 eamels persisted
IN the African desert-Crusaders.
CHAPTER ". Wells wofshiped-Riyer Ganges-sa
cred well az Benlges-Oaths taken az Wes- fAalon OF
the rahbins-AtaIs erected near efeno
with regard owaef in Egypt, Greece, ref Mexico
Rome and Judea-Temples erected over wells Tie ioun
tain of Apol'o-WeI Fem Lem--pr0phet J0el-Iempe of
lss-M ahommedan mosques-Hintoo iempes-W odens
sisns-Ansl Observation-Disclosures o0fch-Engish-St Ge-
negieve's weil--st Winifred's well-houss ana wei
CHAPTER VI Wells coniinued-Depth Of wells
Wells without curbs-Ancien laws 90 prevent accidents
from De rs0us and animals falling into them-s1gacfy aud
revenge Of an ecphant-fhae'an soldier ana lazy ai
Ihebes-Wooden coversNels in udea-hees9n. tof noi
placing cufbs round wells Arabia
David oses and the people OF in fo
tra-Coyenng wells with large aiones-JnVsna-hom
and Greciau curbs u marble.
CHAPTER VII; Wells couciuded-Ja oogs veto
.ephs well a. Caro-Refections on wels-Didest monn
msns extsnt-Wels Al Bethlehenl-fiei refsepo
lis Jerusalem TOY phe.u-- S1if'.y' -
waterngtr0us hs-sfone coffin Of richard Ill USED a.
one-Aucleut American wells
CHAPTER VIII. Ancient methods or thHhs water
from res-stair. within weils-Cord ana BUCKET used
A. Jacobs weli-By the pafnafchs-s aA9net-i I.ie'
fne-india-Ae xlDdfla-Arshian tiHel drawing water
Ga,a--Ilerculsneum aud Pompeii-Nslf within the
house. of Inc latter city stern pole Roman ciserns
and cement nc ~nf modes OF p1uilins "aier .
CHAPTER TX The pulley its oiitin unAno" - sea
erection ancient Dgidns. aud m q,
one found In FzyptPfobaby hrsi used % raise water
Used 10 Mecca aud Japaned % ne snpoynent Of an
mals 10 aise ser-smple mode Of adapting them 60 M.
purpo.e In f pat Pulley and two buckets used by the
Ansosaxon. Nornans 2e-lt,a9 MODE Of Ial'ins wa
iug M o.trg turkets-Lever bucket ne-bucket Of
Bologna-Maferials Of ancient onesei'.
~ The whole work 20 BE- completed IN eight numbers
ustrated By several hundred ensfAv' fnee tor each
number Is cents -. i. -, ~, Il, -,
vi snd intsrestips work ohbLLLi "ehhAih'