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 954
ng projecting tenons on their edges, by means of which, when placed in a suitablemould, the connection between the bucket and the rims of the wheel, which are cast around thebuckets, is made secure. The construction of the Swain wheel is shown in Fig. 4251. Fig. 4252 is a horizontal section… … rmjA lower curb C is a strong disk of cast iron, with a short cylinder on which the gate moves, and aninner tube with diverging sides through which the water leaving the wheel is discharged into the pit./Sis the step, a cylinder of white oak. It is supplied with water by pipe/, and can be reached…
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