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 905
illed with oil through the gas-tube a, which runs from the top of the forebay. The tube markedb is to allow the air to escape from the box when it is being filled; that marked c is for drawing off theoil when it is necessary to change it. Should the step wear any, the toe can be changed wifh… … The operation of the wheel.—The operation of thi-i wheel is very simple; the top of the cylinder isplaced from 4 to 6 feet from the upper level of the water, or at a sufficient distance to prevent thewater from becoming agitated; thus it wiU be seen tliat the movable wheel or turbine is…
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