Hydraulic means moved or operated by water or liquid and refers to a method of engineering that has-been used since records began. The ancient Chinese and Egyptians used water as a method of transport and the Romans relied heavily on-it to move weighty objects. The arrival of the hydraulic jack in 1851, therefore, was not especially novel, but it was extremely useful.
Essentially, a jack is a device that is capable of lifting heavy objects with relative ease. Hydraulic jacks make use of Pascal's Law that, in simple terms, says that if there is an increase in pressure at any point in a container of liquid, there is an equal increase in pressure at every other point within the. container.
Richard Dudgeon, Inc., was founded as a machine shop in New. York in the mid-1800s, and its owner, founder, and namesake Richard Dudgeon was given a patent in 1851 for
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