Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics: a dictionary of mechanical engineering and the mechanical arts (1880)
D. Appleton and Company, Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 638
eet). When a quick application with a discharge of large quantities of water is the most important con-sideration for a pump, the centrifugal pump is of great value. There being no valves in action whileat work, it will allow large stones to pass, and in fact almost anything that can enter between… … Dordrecht, Holland, centrifugal pumps, constructed by Messrs. Gwynne & Co. of England, have beenapplied. There were three sets of them, of different sizes. The largest had pipes 24 in. in diameter,and was capable of discharging 10,000 gallons per minute; it was driven direct by an engine with…
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