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Thread #54404   Message #844299
Posted By: GUEST,Q
09-Dec-02 - 11:34 PM
Thread Name: Steamboat coonjine songs
Subject: RE: Steamboat coonjine songs
Siphon- from the OED, reference to Mason 1724 in Abridged Patent Spec., Shipbuilding, 1862: "A new machine called a siphon or attracting engine, composed of two tubes, one within the other." Looks like an idea by Mason, 1724, machine patented 1862. This could be the "syphon."