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 950
from still water. The diameter should be at least 11£ ft.; it is seldom more than from 20 to 23 ft.These diameters are suitable for falls of from 3 to 6 or to even 8 ft. The distance apart of thebuckets should be 1£ to 1| time the head over the gate for slow wheels ; for quick wheels, a little 4245. … more. The depth of the buckets should be slightly over 2.3 ft. Normally the interior capacity be-tween two buckets should be nearly double the volume of water contained there. 916 WATER-WHEELS, TURBINE. Undershot Wheels.—These wheels move chiefly by the direct impulse of the fluid. In…
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