The apparatus, which is noteworthy for its aesthetic qualities, is attached to a sturdy wooden basement on which lies a brass basin (diameter 19 cm, depth 8.5 cm) white-enamelled on the inside, from which the water is drawn.
The actual frame of the pump consists of a well lathed column 52 cm in height, and by a shelf, 7 cm in width and 56 cm in length, which rests on two sturdy wooden columns 12 cm high.
The iron lever that works the piston is attached to the column by means of a brass ring and to the metal rod around which is oscillates.
By means of special brass rings the pump body is attached to one side of the shelf and an ascending pipe to the other. At the base of the latter there is an ovoid glass tank with a valve that opens only in the upward direction.
Between the body of the pump and the ascending pipe the brass exhaust pipe, 54 cm long, is attached to the shelf. This exhaust pipe ends at the bottom above the basin and has two glasses for collecting the water, one at the top and the other at about one quarter of its height. ...continues