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 956
case; C is that portion of the chute comprised in theregister-gate; D is the pinion which works into a seg-ment upon the register-gate for the purpose of openingor closing the same. The arrows indicate the course ofthe water through the chutes or buckets of the wheel. … The other parts are as follows: E, cross- 922 WATER-WHEELS, TURBINE. arms or bridge-tree; F, wooden step upon which the wheel revolves; G, bucket of the wheel; H,band surrounding buckets on outside; 7, draught-tube ; /, gate-arms, supported at the centre, servingthe double purpose of keeping the…
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