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m--. Ml
BHHHRi^H
MYSORE, CANARA, AND MALABAR.
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the offensive smell above mentioned, I should have supposed the CHAPTER
IV
solvent to be the carbonic acid. Circumstances did not allow me v^^^^
to ascertain this point; nor to analyse the water with any precision. June 22» &c«
In this country the water for supplying gardens is generally Manner of
raised by a machine, called Yatam in both the Tamul and Karnata j"8,1^8 ^ater
languages. Of this a sketch is given in (Fig. 25). In the lower tarn.
Carnatic the machine is wrought by a man, who walks along the-
balance; coming before the fulcrum, when he wants to sink the
bucket; and going back again, when he wants to bring up the
water. Another man in this case attends to empty the bucket. But in
this country one man, standing at the mouth of the well, performs
the whole labour. I have made no actual experiments to ascertain
by which of the two methods the same number of men would raise
the greatest quantity of water; but it appears to me, that the plan
in use here is the most perfect. At Madras, the man who walks
along the lever, or balance, is in considerable danger of falling;
and the man who empties the bucket is in danger of being hurt,
for it must come up between his legs, as he stands fronting the end
of the lever; and although the bucket there is much larger than
the one in use here, I have observed that the workman was never
able to empty more than two thirds of its contents, owing to the
awkward position in which he stood. The machine, from which the
drawing was taken, consisted of a lever or balance (AB) 14 feet
9 inches in length. This rested on a fulcrum (A C) 11 feet 6 inches
high. The fulcrum is commonly a tree planted near the well. A
rod or Bamboo (B D) 24 feet in length, by which the workman raises
and lowers the bucket (D), containing 789 cubical inches. Depth
of the well, from the surface of the earth (C E) to the surface of the
water (F) 14 feet 9 inches. Height of the end of the canal for con-
veying away the water (G), 3 feet. Total height to which the water
is raised, 17 feet 9 inches. The far end of the lever is loaded with
mud (H H), so as exactly to counterbalance the pot, when full of
m--. Ml
BHHHRi^H
MYSORE, CANARA, AND MALABAR.
S63
the offensive smell above mentioned, I should have supposed the CHAPTER
IV
solvent to be the carbonic acid. Circumstances did not allow me v^^^^
to ascertain this point; nor to analyse the water with any precision. June 22» &c«
In this country the water for supplying gardens is generally Manner of
raised by a machine, called Yatam in both the Tamul and Karnata j"8,1^8 ^ater
languages. Of this a sketch is given in (Fig. 25). In the lower tarn.
Carnatic the machine is wrought by a man, who walks along the-
balance; coming before the fulcrum, when he wants to sink the
bucket; and going back again, when he wants to bring up the
water. Another man in this case attends to empty the bucket. But in
this country one man, standing at the mouth of the well, performs
the whole labour. I have made no actual experiments to ascertain
by which of the two methods the same number of men would raise
the greatest quantity of water; but it appears to me, that the plan
in use here is the most perfect. At Madras, the man who walks
along the lever, or balance, is in considerable danger of falling;
and the man who empties the bucket is in danger of being hurt,
for it must come up between his legs, as he stands fronting the end
of the lever; and although the bucket there is much larger than
the one in use here, I have observed that the workman was never
able to empty more than two thirds of its contents, owing to the
awkward position in which he stood. The machine, from which the
drawing was taken, consisted of a lever or balance (AB) 14 feet
9 inches in length. This rested on a fulcrum (A C) 11 feet 6 inches
high. The fulcrum is commonly a tree planted near the well. A
rod or Bamboo (B D) 24 feet in length, by which the workman raises
and lowers the bucket (D), containing 789 cubical inches. Depth
of the well, from the surface of the earth (C E) to the surface of the
water (F) 14 feet 9 inches. Height of the end of the canal for con-
veying away the water (G), 3 feet. Total height to which the water
is raised, 17 feet 9 inches. The far end of the lever is loaded with
mud (H H), so as exactly to counterbalance the pot, when full of