Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1910 — The Water Pump. [ARTICLE]

The Water Pump.

The most ancient description we have of a water pump is by Hero of Alexander. There is no authentic account of the general use"of the pump in Germany previous to.the beginning of the sixteenth century. At about that time the endless chain and bucket works for raising water from mines began to be replaced by pumps. l