Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1869)
New York, Appleton · leaf 861
principl n of 1m draul the wheel into the l have | t.iiion of the term, notli•ummil of the w heel, and, inVou II. 850 WATER-WHEELS. some under the designation of high-breast wheels. One of the finest specimens of this construction yeterected is that represented in Figs. 3778 and 3779, in which the… … In the construction of wheels of this class, the technical points which remain to be considered, after de-termining the diameter and breadth of the wheel from the height of fall and quantity of water furnishedby the stream, are the axle and its journals, the arms and their connections, the…
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