Excerpt from A System of Natural Philosophy: In Which the Principles of Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Acoustics, Optics, Astronomy, Electricity, and Magnetism, Are Familiarly Explained, and Illustrated by More Than Two Hundred Engravings
Friction between solids and fluids, 110 Archimede's screw, Machines for raising water, 11 Dr. Barker's centrifugal mill.
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