Apparatus for Scouring Water-Ways.

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Patent for an improved apparatus for scouring water-ways by using water-discharge pipes and air-discharge pipes arranged at each side of the vessel. When “vessel is slowly moved forward while the water and air forcing pumps are working,..... direct force of the water-jets and air-jets will agitate and scatter and lift the dislodged particles and float them much higher and longer than would be the case were the water-jet pipes alone used.” (Lines 63-75) Illustration is included.

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[2], 3 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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Holden, Elbridge G. March 31, 1891.

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  • Main Title: Apparatus for Scouring Water-Ways.
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Patent for an improved apparatus for scouring water-ways by using water-discharge pipes and air-discharge pipes arranged at each side of the vessel. When “vessel is slowly moved forward while the water and air forcing pumps are working,..... direct force of the water-jets and air-jets will agitate and scatter and lift the dislodged particles and float them much higher and longer than would be the case were the water-jet pipes alone used.” (Lines 63-75) Illustration is included.

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[2], 3 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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  • March 31, 1891

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Holden, Elbridge G. Apparatus for Scouring Water-Ways., patent, March 31, 1891; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172655/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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