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 919
There is a supposed loss of power attending this description of wheel, on account of only one of thefloats striking the water in a vertical position at the same time, the action of the others being oblique;some of them, in fact, backwater, or partially oppose the motion of the vessel. Attempts have…
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