580

INDEX.

Paving cities, 553

Pedal for pounding rice, 90, 91

Pegu, customs in, respecting water., 35

Pelanque, 164

Pendulum machine to raise water, 92., 93.Pendulum for watches, 441Penelope and Ulysses , 2S3Perfumed fountains, 539, 540Perfumes disperse.d by eolipiles, 401Perpetual motions, 566, 567Peruvians, their Asiatic origin doubtful, 172.Whistling bottles of, 17. Mirrors., 121,172. Wells and irrigation, 165—167. Com*mon Utensils of gold, 171. Ancient citydisinterred, 17. Sucking tubes, 204. Notignorant of the bellows, 253—256, Dials,542, 547

Persians , worshiped wells, 36. Ambassadorsthrown into wells, 27, Raising water, 96,573. Fountains, 539, 541Persian wheel for raising water, 115Peter Martyr , quoted, 106, 314Pewter and pewterers, 162, 260Philadelphia, water*works of, 300. Fire-en.»

gines, 344Phocion, 537, 565

Piasa, a bird that devoured men, 165Picotah, a machine to raise water, 97Pins and needles, 87, 121, First made inEngland, 323

Pipes, water, flexible, 25S. In Mexico , 163.In Peru , 170. Asia, 211. Pompeii, 211,552. Rome, 213, 552. Of earthenware,58. Of leather, 304. Of lead, 552, 553,Drawn, 554. Tinned, 555Pipkins, 18, 19

Pistons, 206, 214, 215, 307, 438Piston bellows, 244—253Piston and cylinder, various applications of,358, 359, 425

Piston steam-engine, of Worcester , 435—437.Of Hautefille and Huyghens , 441. Of Pa »pin, 450. Of Newcomen, 465. Of Leopold,469

Plato, his views, of mechanics, 3. His musi*cal clocks, 543, 548Play-bills, ancient one, 540Pliny the elder, quoted, 9, 15, 19, 35, 43, 68,79, 81,96, 130, 192, 194,203,212, 213,265,270 , 549, 551. His death, 28Pliny the younger, his letter to Trajan , 309.

Account of his gardens, 536Plough, 82, 83,132. Engine for drawing, 423Plutarch , quoted, 3, 12,81,118,311,366, 537,542, 548

Poison, in wells, 40

Pompeii, its discovery, 29. Antiquities foundin, 29, 30, 43,55, 211,552Porta, Baptist , 1, 413. Quoted, 379, 381,430.his Digester, 393. Raised water by heat,379. Bysteam,407—409. Byasiphon, 529Potter, a boy, who made the steam-engineself-acting, 470

Pressure engines, 352—362. Natural, 506Prester , John, fights the Mongals with eoli-piles, 400Printing, 2, 70 , 388Printers’ devices, 194

Projectors, ridiculed in a public pmcession,439

Propelling vessels on water. See Paddle -wheels.

Pulley, its origin, used by the Egyptians, 59.

Used for raising water, 58—63Pumps, atmospheric: of uncertain origin,212. Mentioned by Pliny, 96, 213. Seealso 211—230. Limits to which water rises

in, 190, 223. These limits known to oldpump-makers, 191. Deceptions with, 224,225. Bag-pump, 209. Bellows , do. 205—210. Burr, do. 214. Centrifugal, do. 229,230. German, do. 138, 207, 218, 219. Na-tural, do. 209, 210. Liquor, do. 215. Spa*nish, do. 217, 224

Pumps, forcing, 262—293. Common pump,263. Enema , 263. Bellows , 241, 257,207,568. Double acting, 271. Mercuriai, 275.Natural, 209, 210,256—258. Stomach, 264.Plunger, 272, 444. Perkins’ 281. Rotary,284—291, 373. Reciprocating rotary, 292,293

Pumps, lifting, 277—279Pusterich, a steam Idol, 399Pythagoras, 438

Q

Quadrant, the, invented by Godfrey, 143Quem, hand-mill, 282

Quippus, historical cords of the Peruvians,168, 172

R

Rain at Thehes, a prodigy, 81Rams, battering, 366. Siphon ram, 531. Wa-ter rams, 366—372. Natural water rams,

506

Ramseye, his patent for raising water byfire,419

Razors, bronze, 121. Mexican, 162Reciprocating rotatory pumps, 292, 293Regal, 550

Religious persecutions, 446Remora, sucking fish, 185Respiration, 475, 477

Richard III . his cofiin, a watering trough, 49Riddles, 437

Rigny, De, his steam machine, 463Rivatz, a Swiss machmist, 462Rivaz, his motive engine, 473Rivius, eolipiles from, 396Rocking machine for raising water, 93Rolling press, 323

Rome, invaded by the Gauls from the reportof a smith, 19. Houses in, 310Roman wells, 28,34,40, 41, 50. Chain ofpots, 124, Water screw, 138. Fire-engines,310, 311. Firemen, 309. Fountains, 533,539, 540. Mirrors, 121Roode of Grace, an Englishidol, 106Rope pump, 136Rotatory movements, 282—284Rotatory pumps, 281—291. Defects of, 291Russia , pumps in, 220

S

Safety valves, 387,391, 447, 451Sails of ships, 268Saladin,47 , 372

Salting fish, in Egypt , 86. Its revival in Eu-rope, 86

Sanguisuchello, 203Sap, ascent of, 507—509Sarbacans, 256

Sarcophagii, used as watering troughs, 49,99Sauce pans, 21

Savery, his experiments and engines, 453^-460. His bellows, 483Saw ? 268

Scipio, his baths, 558. Dowry of his daugh-ter, 121

Scoop, to raise water, 93. Scoop wheel, 111Scots, worshiped wells, 37Screws for raising water, 137—142, 566Scythian tradition, 12