"A device for raising liquids or removing gas from a closed vessel." Foster, 1921. The image shows two types of pumps and their mechanisms: Fig. 1; a. barrel, b. piston, c. valve, d. reservoirs. Fig. 2; a. barrel, b. piston, c. valve in barrel, d. valve in stand pipe, e. reservoir, f. air chamber.

Pump

"A device for raising liquids or removing gas from a closed vessel." Foster, 1921. The image shows two…

Two boys pumping water into a trough.

Boys Pumping Water

Two boys pumping water into a trough.