How Does a Hydraulic Ram Pump Work?

A quick description and demo of this ingenious pump. A hydraulic ram is a clever device invented over 200 years ago that can pump water uphill with no other external source of power except for the water flowing into it and there is a way to take advantage of this normally inauspicious effect for a...

9 min - How Things Work - Practical Engineering

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