New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-11-25
EwBANK's HYDRAULICS.
~ The First Number of the Descriptive and
Historical account of Hydraulics and other Ma


Historical account of Hydraulics and other Ma
chimes for Raising Mater &c. &c Ac by THOMAS Ew'
BANK, Is published and for sale tins morning.
The Contents OF this in part are a. follows
CHAPTER L. The subject Of raising water interesting
TO philosophers and mechanics-Led TO the invention Of
the Of the useful arts lostfisi IN
veners the ~-eaest Of them per
"a nolute the PAGE istory-A record Of the origin
and early progress Of the is more useful end interesting
than ell the works of historians extan-The history Of
single tool as that Of hammer nysuabie-in the gene
raj wreck OF the arts Of the aneients most thef devices
for raising water preseryed-OAnse oil ma
chimes Of very remote origin Oil.
CHAPTER H. simPortanee-Esrhest source
Of Illuminate motive powerits distribution oven the earth
not MISUNDERSTANDING Of the orentas from want Of wa
ter-A knowledge OF this necessary 10 understand her
,stsrs~Politicsl ingenuity Of MahometWster prom
inent feature the paradise ofthe AssiieCa often
slain BY travellers 20 obtain water rom Their somaehs
Cost Of draught Of such wsier.h ydlanc machine re-
wster-Using the hand as ouP-Traditions respecting
Adam-Ongn Of the arts.
CHAPTER Ill. Origin Of vessels for containing wafer
The caabash the first oneIt has always been used
Fonnd by Columbus IN the cabins Of Amerleans-CHro
rsr,ark Of Phny respecting it-Common among the an
cent Ne,icans Romans and Eyptians-Ihe model after
which vessels OF capacity were originally ormeo-its h
me- s preserved Ia several-Ancient American vessels
copied from itAneient vessels Tor meaning "steI
afer NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. n-AnecoOte OF Roman olo'a-
~ p,hie md I'M the niad-Grecian Roman Celtic Chi
nese and Peruvian OF Ohlhese ns
ers-Crosus and the Deiphie oraeie-I normliy IA the
60 81 c.uldrops-CAuse Of ths-Supenority OF their
tom over straight sided boiers-brazen caadrons Nshy
aer-pots OF the hinoOos-W omen drawing wa
tsr-Anecdote Of Darius and young female OF saoi'
Dex,erity Of oriental women IN balancing
Ongin Of the eanopus-lngenuiy and iTand Of an ESP
CHAPTER ": On wels-wateI one Of the srst OBJ
ieets OF ancient husbandmen-LOtNel before the De
e-Dsgng them through rock subsequent 70 the use OF
metas-Art OF digging them earned 70 great pereeon y
the Asiacs-Modem method Of inakine them IN loose soils
derived from the East-Wels often the nuclei q elle
Private wells common Of od-Pubhc wells infested oy
bandii,i-WeNs numerous IN GTeeee-fersian AmoA'sa-
sors 10 Ahers and LacedemOn thrown into wes-Ossai
arrp knowledge OF MAKING Mt4is tudpco AAcht
10 conouer-Cy Of Pompeii discovered BY eigelns Wen
Cistsrns Of solomon Suengs OF travellers from thirst
: Affecting account from Leo sfricsnus-MT. Bruce IN
Ahyssinia-DT Ryers IN Gombroon-hndoos praying ioi
wsterCaravan Of 200 persons and Low eAei' Psi'nea
/" cH.PTFR V. Wells worshiped-River Ganses-Sa-
cred well Benares-Oshs taken al wesEIfAaiton Of
he rabbns-Altars erected near them-ln'okeo-Cereno
res With regard % water IN Egypt Ureece erg MeAco
Rome and Judes-Tempes erected over ~els- me iSun
~ NJ - aoolio.-Wel Fem Zem-Prophet Joel-Iemple Of
-. SNabommedan mosques-Hindoo temples-N odens
,sll-Wels in Chinese tempiesSupe "a - 81
sans-Ans saxons. nlne9os-S n Hosss and well
nevieve's well-St. Winifreds weil-houso Ano We"
warming - D.,,b Of walls
Walls without curbs-Ancien laws TO prevent seeasns
fror, nersons and animals falling into them-Sssaeliy ane
revenge Of an elephsnt-Thraeian soldier ano s s =,
Thebes-Wooden covers-Wells IN ude " ~
placing curbs round wells-Arabs-Abrahaua-
bsvdoMoses and the people Of Misunderstanding, 70 re-
us-Covering wells with large s'ohe'-'"'e"~'
and Grecian curbs Of marble. 9,
CHAPTER VII: Well. eoneluded-Jseoes ws.l-Jo-
sephs well al Caro-Renections on wels-oides, mouu
mi
il Jerusalom-Tro y-Ephesus-SsrcoPhsgi employee IS
Observation-Disclosures cofhn OF Richard Ill used As
one Ancient American wells
CHAPTER VIII: Ancient methods Of raising wateI
-, ,selI,-Stairs within wes-Cord and bucket used
=. 0Isohs well-By the pstriarchs-Mahomet-ln Paies-
-Alexandria-AIabian vizier drawing water
-Herculaneum snd Pompeii-Wells within the
go. ~ he latter cty-Cistern poie-koman cisterns
nous a,, ncient modes Of purifying water.
az cHAPTER IA; The pulley ITS oilsin uSsnown-S SEQ
in the OF ancient & Sns ~ - is.s
one No. nd Japan-Led to the empoyme Of AMI
ma. 20 raise wsieIsmPs mode Of men. % ms
kormans &c.-llaisn mode o. tslslns y a
ter 70 upper De'asulisrs ss,issBuesst Of
ina and losing buesets-Leset t ousas
re- The whole work TO be Pleiea 10 p ~, s.eb
as,rsted BY several hundred ens'svinss rfe' '0'
csnvssssrs wanted to engage the sss q ~ use
sE,d snssrsstins work GRIZZLY heLLhAfn