Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1869)
New York, Appleton · leaf 883
rse or arc inwhich the wheel moves, must necessarily be parallel; but, immediately on passing the vertical planepassing through the axis of the wheel, the floor ought to deepen and the sides expand and leave thewater as much space to diffuse itself over as possible. This arrangement is shown in… … Supposing the floats to be placed radially, their breadth or depth in the direction of the radius oughtobviously to be such, that in the rising of the water against the float which it first strikes, the portionwhich tends to pass over its superior edge shall not be thrown against the back of the…
Mechanical engineering
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