a studying the turbine water wheel, considerable attention solid body through the ground at a proper distance be- has been given by many to the problem of regulating the neath the surface, by which means a channel is opened power by varying the capacity of the wheel, and the ac- with comparatively… … ply of the water to the size of the wheel. raising or lowering the shoe by means of In order to counterbalance the upward the crank, g, which acts through the ROSS'S IMPROVED WATER WHEEL. worm, f, and the wheel, ¢, upon a pinion pressure of the water against the wheel, which would increase the…
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