Excerpt from Rural Hydraulics: A Practical Treatise on Rural Household Water Supply First, the simplest of hydraulic machinery, the earthen vessel; then the attachment of a rope or pole, letting the ves sel into the well next the Wheel, with an ascending and de scending series of buckets again the use of a treadle then of oxen; then water to elevate water by wheels; the Hydraulic Ram then wind and last, but perhaps the most popular, steam. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.