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I see thank you!. But what if the longer lever lifted the same amount of water as the shorter lever? I'd assume it would pump the same amount as water but it took less force yet I would have to pull the lever a longer distance compared the shorter lever. Does that sound right?

I think that it would take less force to pump water based on the lever principle. But I'm not so sure! Here's a drawn photo.

This is a deep well & the dimensions of the bottom chamber is 5x1x5ft which holds 187 gallons. The pump is located in this chamber with a piston/plunger only going up to the top of this chamber at 5ft. The pump pushes 187 gallons into a 6inch diameter pipe which is 1000ft long = 1,470 gallons...

Thank you very much phinds!

Wow that's a really great way of putting it! But do you think sucking or pumping up is equivalent to pushing or lifting up?

Okay Thank you! What if the little lever only pumped 1 gallon per stroke at like only 10lbs of pressure. & say his was a well with 500 gallons in it. From the top it seems there isn't much of any water weighing down on the piston so that the lever is very easy to push n pull. If the piston is...

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