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 887
ts at Paris, for the construction of the best horizontal wheel on the large scale. Thiswas his first turbine erected at Pont, on the Oguon. In consequence of tliis decision the turbine excitedgreat attention and discussion among the continental savans ; and it must be remarked, that matters… … In an elaborate report of this machine submitted to the Academy of Sciences of Paris by M. Ponce-let, it is stated that the essential quality of the tuibine consist* in its high velocity, and its capability ofworking under water without much loss of effict. The expedient of bringing the water…
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