DCHP-1 Online
Dutch lever Hist. 
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- 1829 . . . above the well [of a Dutch settler] is sure to be placed the long Dutch lever, a large spar, often nearly thirty feet long, balanced on a fulcrum of about twelve feet high; a chain is fixed to the upper end, and a hook, by which the can or pail is let down to the well, and when full, the lever, to return to its equilibrium, assists the drawer of water to bring it up--a simple and useful invention.
- 1829 . . . above the well [of a Dutch settler] is sure to be placed the long Dutch lever, a large spar, often nearly thirty feet long, balanced on a fulcrum of about twelve feet high; a chain is fixed to the upper end, and a hook, by which the can or pail is let down to the well, and when full, the lever, to return to its equilibrium, assists the drawer of water to bring it up--a simple and useful invention.