Mechanics: hand crank; force pump; double interrupted crown gears and lantern gear; worm and worm gear; lantern and rack; flywheel; roller guides.

Mechanics: internal vertical treadwheel; force pump; conical valve; double interrupted crown gears and lantern gear; worm and worm gear; horizontal working beam.

Mechanics: hand crank; toroidal lift pump; flap valve; worm and worm gear.

The fountain is elaborately decorated with dolphins, their tails entwined.

Mechanics: hand crank; force pump; flap valve; double interrupted crown gears and lantern gear; spur gear and lantern; horizontal working beam.

Mechanics: hand crank; force pump; conical valve; double interrupted crown gears and lantern gear; spur gear and lantern; flywheel.

The well is decorated with a monstrous female figure who dispenses water from her breasts.

Mechanics: hand crank; force pump; flap valve; interrupted spur gear and racks; flywheel; roller guides.

Mechanics: hand crank; force pump; conical valve; double interrupted crown gears and lantern gear; worm and worm gear; lantern and crown gear; horizontal working beam; flywheel.

Mechanics: hand crank; lift pump; grooved eccentric cam; horizontal working beam; roller guides.

Mechanics: hand crank; force pump; conical valve; double interrupted crown gears and lantern gear; double worm and reversing racks; flywheel; roller guides.

Mechanics: hand crank; horizontal crankshaft; lift pump; horizontal working beam; crank and connecting rod; flywheel.

Mechanics: hand crank; force pump; flap valve; interrupted lanterns and spur gear sectors; chain equalizer; flywheel.

The man looking out of the grilled window in the background foreshadows the section on screw-jacks (Plates 154–167).

Mechanics: machine crank; inertia chain; lift pump; flap valve.

Mechanics: hand crank; machine crank; lift pump; flap valve; chain drive; flywheel.

Mechanics: hand crank; swinging-vane rotary pump; spur gear and lantern; worm and worm gear; lantern and crown gear; flywheel; slotted-head screw.

This device uses a paternoster pump, named for its resemblance to a rosary. Also known as a "rag and chain" pump or a "rubber bucket chain" pump.

Mechanics: hand crank; paternoster chain pump; flywheel.

Mechanics: horizontal spoked treadwheel; force pump; conical valve; double interrupted crown gears and lantern gear; spur gear and lantern; horizontal working beam.

Mechanics: hand crank; machine crank; lift pump; flap valve; horizontal working beam; flywheel.

The well is decorated with a monstrous female figure who gazes in the mirror and dispenses water from her breasts.

Mechanics: hand crank; force pump; conical valve; double interrupted crown gears and lantern gear; spur…

Mechanics: hand crank; machine crank; bellows pump; horizontal working beam; flywheel.

Mechanics: hand crank; vertical crankshaft; oscillating wing pump; conical valve; spur gear and lantern; worm and worm gear; crank and connecting rod; flywheel.

Mechanics: hand crank; horizontal crankshaft; lift pump; worm and worm gear; lantern and crown gear; crank and connecting rod; flywheel.

This is the only image showing a woman as the prime mover of a machine.

Mechanics: hand crank; force pump; conical valve; interrupted crown gear and lanterns; double worm and reversing racks; roller guides.

Mechanics: internal vertical treadwheel; swinging-vane rotary pump; spur gear and lantern; worm and worm gear; lantern and crown gear; chain drive.

Mechanics: internal vertical treadwheel; machine crank; force pump; spur gear and lantern; chain drive; chain equalizer.

Illustrated catalogue for Victorian water pumps, horsepower pumps, windmill pumps, and hydraulic rams. Hydraulic rams were considered one of the greatest technical innovations of the 19th-Century allowing farms and…