Bob
Late eighteenth / early nineteenth century was a transition time from bucket to plungers - off the top of my head Ale & Cakes in Gwennap was using plunger pumps in the 1790s. I imagine that bucket lifts continued into use well into the nineteenth century.
Check out Farey J (1827), A treatise on the steam engine, A&R Spottiswood, London. p214: A good description of lift pumps. You can down load a copy from Google.
I imagine that Curr's engine viewer will also be of interest.
I would also strongly recommend Pole W, 1844, A treatise on th eCornish pumping engine, John Weale, ,London - from Google books.
Cheers
Rick
On Tuesday, 19 November 2013, 15:35, Tanya Jackson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Might this be of any use to you?
http://www.croftonbeamengines.org/page19.html
Tanya
Robert Waterhouse <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>Can anyone tell me how (if at all) very early C19 pumping machinery in
>shafts differed from the later (ie: c.1840-1900) setups, as shown in the
>Harveys and Williams catalogues.
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>I am aware that they were bucket-lifts, plungers being a later refinement,
>but don't know whether cast iron valve chests were in use, or even what they
>and their pipework looked like.
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>I am trying to draw accurate elevations of such things for a book
>illustration and don't want to get anything wrong - I know how pedantic
>mining historians can be - I am one after all!
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>The geographical area concerned is Devon/Cornwall.
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>Yours,
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>Robert Waterhouse
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