Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering : illustrated with four thousand engravings on wood ; in two volumes (1873)
D. Appleton and Company · New York : D. Appleton and Co. · leaf 863
When the course is of considerable length, and the level of the water in the reservoir or dam is sub-|ect to sudden variations, it is of advantage to adopt a slight moditication of the spout by which thewater is thrown upon tiie wheel. If the sluice in the dam-breast be set to furnish the proper…
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