The sun., 1896-01-26
WILL THIS PUMP WORK I
SOMETHING NEW AND INTEBEsTs
ING IN HYDRA ULICS.
The Inventor Believes He Can Lin Fineer
Million Gallons OF Water n Day More
than Eighty Feet BY Emsientiy Utiiis-
iug Abe Ascensive Foreo OF Bubbies.

| than highty Feet ~ Ems'esuy csus-
| IN" s"o AseosNe f"f'0 y. "'''
| fro" the Los Angles 1oarnoI
| rriRauoh' upon whioh the people Oh tnis Ststo
oepenu 80 largely. Is hkeiy 10 unoereo aeoiaeu
ehahse In the next Few years. ana All because
| mooest genius mas gone 10 WORK anu put IN
piant on tho snake River that oias iair 10 reVo-
| lutionize the antiquated methods for raising
water above Its level. After having seen tho
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almost completed. cannot help but marvel at
| the simplicity of his plant
| Tvont, n,i,.a .au,,,,nos, from p,,ss Idaho
| tWehly inies southwest from nilss' iusho'
| which contains half n dozen houses and has less
| tho suggestion of bliss than any point have
visited in Idaho oro tho Tbousnnd snrinrs
wonderfully picturesque spot Along wall OF
rock. two miles In extent, hundreds OF small
springs pnsh forth from the solid face Of the
rock. and fall hundreds of feet joining the Snake
| River far below, at peace with the whole world
v,o,.od &c., ~, -, ,.na. ,r r,aro for h.
viewed from inc oench lanas o, r,age s, lar Dc.
! yond. these springs or streams look Ike great
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throneh % % wh,o, ~ N. 'r snake | River wind. on IL,
way TO 1on the N, roc.
are thousands of acres of lava soil needing only
| the touch Of water to make them rich beyond
tho dreams of men-a soil limitless in possibili-
| that now grow only saxe brush and grease wood
is Priestly's determination, and the people who
are at his back are evidently impressed with the
ho.n ,ae u, s ,hs ,orcss -, ,hs..
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NOR, than h.ln All tho he'd of the snake River.
| Tunne,s have h..n RIM into which the water
| from these numberiess ! subterranenn G streams is
ia ani hv -. ,nsna .nS tha ~ her Yorrss ~ no
tire will sbnrtiv he uf;iized in irriratfnu some
800 acres of land ID extendinr MT least two miles
the eoursn Of The snak ons the sae OF tSs
wal wall rock and % immedisiejy below tIe tunnel.
thers ara ssa n;nss " ns
rncts and ,eaainn SoSn 70 n comnr"ssor wbicS
.o hens sn, hlo 'ne % rvsr hea md sssna
| inc upon soIiI rocS that The greatest anchoraue
voI,me Of Water OF once the PUMP @ Is turned tMe on'
PrSa w.tar Tron tHa.s snrings nnon the mo
| ment Of comnetion Of The nav anpnratus viii
borizunta al nine several feet in aiameter and Ia:
feet Iomr 4 Certain quantity of air will be car
air nmd wetsr ,ii ~ " dischargan into ths san
arainr as The reservoir ia called At the foot ~
the WAL rock which Is ten teet IN Saetsf 6 ten
feet. hayins a eapaoity of 1000 cubic
1s That nhs the air % d
cuu 'ue t t ppte ,h apStna veoc1,e: ~ Som
ing ing bodies. e From ON the Separator are two
nes 'a as onr %se ss the ppe connsetng With tes
nntW, Nl,aS inf fNlh hirh
pns ,n.o ans ns SSns 9 the aee Of s
dpenlips InIo the ionper arm or % leo MS IS NJ
Prestiv calls T. ~ this r is forced the air from
the sspnratGr thereby pumping water as IN the
used not only in placer mining and irrigation.
but for lifting water out Of flooded mines a
pan thn hH' sT "a and I to ,he
iayman. % no although there is not a single Working
Ia ,S " a}ir,i }ir ~ % no,v ,dsa ~. 70 thap sso and
ra,a,v wv vnoi,v " hhies tba, he cbier inaer
est centers In % conversaton with Mr PriastIv
% as n TO cs hnusb usi csms 70 ,hs
sion IL could make d at III bubbles the he exact size
heuhtl ' u examinea CLOSELY ail the BOOKS e nn
~, ~ ~, ,b "n ion ~ hnIh,as ~ aia
Went wen =, nt" @ tH m h ei IN
the dsarih q snythIng iike scientific inyestisa:
tlon on t,,e nunote M ques',mon m "es . to mprk w 10
tubes for my Confined spaces and a. u lake for my
open space A.tef SS twS or 81 stIy NY as @ 20
cns ,%at buhbls ns inches in 81 daHesr
WAS the worst to contend @ @ Win; .n ana my course
%nS Sbbhie Tbsi 10 ,,t o "d make bubSes si,her
larger or smaller than nine % Inches; ,,,s; | ascer-
tained that ~ ne.nch oIGDe jn , %ouia a. rise & IN
IN rising through siSty.dvs fect & water it
ncbes in i"ks about p1 ,w" and
ss ieur!h saSs fsss II to ssfh fsss S
water. ana carrying my nheofy SUI iurther:
ppe pHS thirteen en- seconds to lift the water m To
the top OF the chsmoer; ms wouL OF Without
now OF any klnd XII from the pipe hasanE clear, ear
" demohstrateu ln's prooasn ~ ~, 10 EASILY easily seen
that any etress Oh ~. o'ef , uu se re-
qulreu 10 iii tne co!nm. u. d Miea 70 INC top ot
the PIPE WI Gause nG 1T Sis rssn 'he size OK
the Sioolies determining 'nis resuii. ...
ne shorter leg IN the o-tsnaPeu ppe' Wn!cn
Is 80 essentlai 10 the @ @ s, 9r ny
scheme Is 33 ieet the lohg reg IS 20 iGet M ne
me M herf RIA are ona no ee GI bs s1a m fss
water is scattered from top TO- bottom the re-.
ma,nihg space oeing oceup,eu %arr S LAR ar. ~
becomes apsolate!y necessary uTuer as, tnese con-
aitiohs 10 nave an excess VI 90 ,ee.; suSienI n, M
to give velocity TO the wafer 81 % Ieet per
second. ne ar pelng ~ stanustIi auy excess
OF te,ocy OF Ieet VII c1T fpa M force m inc sep
arator tanS ana create tue hit'hH ioFce heces-
sary 10 force the now. =. . ,os;,;r. ,,u.,
but now aiu YOU arrtgG ttg ~ NS so'ot'on
as TO the Heioclty OF hnnDes ihaulreo. a e. ,,,
Wh,le nave not Iorhutateo n,an,is RUE sna, % VIII
pear cioSe nspec.ion n,o,ii iIi ~ sSa ,,,
| pressure on the top of the bubble; the pressure
t Inc ~ voter e siova the bottom ~ tbs
| bubble the diameter Of the bubble represent