f the wheel proper as to secure diameters, to the different lengths of the two the maximum effect of the water. rails on which they were running. This, how- The chutes are shown at G, Figs. 1 and 2. ever, is not the case in practice, as any one The gate H, is of hoop form, and is shown will find… … if equaled, by any other wheel. “ AsI have already stated, no advantage is have received of the steadiness of trains sup- if not the necessity, of increasing the dura- plied with them. bility of our railway tracks, even to meet “ Now that main-line companiesare running present demands, is the truth…
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