Fire pump
device · 1650 · Early modern era
A hand-operated piston pump for fighting fires.
What it is made of
- Piston pump — has part. A fire pump is a piston pump.
Principles and materials it uses
- Wood — is made of. Early fire pumps were a wooden cart.
- Leather — is made of. The hoses were sewn from leather.
History: what it evolved from and what it influenced
- Fire truck — evolved into. A pump on a motor-vehicle chassis.