Years ago, I had plans for a Trompe. It's a gizmo which takes falling water, and adds air, through a series of perferations in a pipe, or passageway. The air ends up being compressed, although I don't know to what extent. Anyway, the compressed air can be used for various purposes, e.g. for raising water to a storage tank.

Anyone know anything about this? I can't even find info on altavista or yahoo.

Thanks for ANY help!

Al

-- Al K. Lloyd (all@ready.now), October 05, 1999

Answers

I tried infoseek (where you can refine searches...) The article referenced in the link below is a history of compressed air development. It says that trompe systems are also called a water bellows or a water blower...

http://www.ingersoll-rand.com/compair/history/compre.htm

Another historical link mentioning trompes:

http://www.history.rochester.edu/appleton/a/ac1.html

Perhaps a check of your library systems for books with "compressed air" as a subject...

Another search engine that can come in handy is www.northernlight.com

Sorry I wasn't able to come up with any more promising leads...

-- winter wondering (winterwodering@yahoo.com), October 05, 1999.

Winter Wondering! Thanks! I even checked "Ask Jeeves", and Jeeves could only come up with art stuff. Good Job! I'll check those sites out right now.

Al

-- Al K. Lloyd (all@ready.now), October 05, 1999.