The apprentice, or First book for mechanics, machinists, and engineers (1860)
Byrne, Oliver · New York, P. J. Cozans · leaf 101
power will the wheel haye ? Cubic feet of steam discharged peir second — ^^11 X 9 ^ 60 X 60 Velocity of the steam per second 3600 Weight of the steam discharged per second 3600 ^ Accumulated work per second ^ res./. X 9;j^x :On x o ^^.^^ ^^s; From this expression it appears, that the work performed… … OF poncelets water wheel. In the common under-shot water wheel, the paddles areflat, whereas, in Poncelets wheel they have a curved shape, A B ; so that the direction of3 the curve at A, where the water meets the paddle, is the same asthe direction of the stream. By this ingenious contrivance,the…
Mechanics, Applied
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