water bellows

A form of blowing-machine consisting of two or more inverted ve els suspended from the ends of a working-beam, and alternately rising and falling in the cisterns, which are nearly full of water. Induction and eduction pipes pa from below upward into the cisterns, their upper open ends being above the level of the water. The induction-pipes have valves on the top, and the eduction-pipes have valves at the bottom, so that the air cannot pa in the wrong direction. IMG:content-0694.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0695.png:[blocks in formation] 1. One who conveys water from the conduits, wells, ., to the houses of the citizens. 2. A form of water-elevator in which the bucket lifted from the well or cistern is transported on wires to the house at a considerable distance. 3. A grip or furrow for conveying water overland. "Grips and water - carriers pervade the whole area of this river-basin."- Field , Feb. 13, 1886.