The Boston school compendium of natural and experimental philosophy .. (1837)
Parker, Richard Green, 1798-1869 · Boston : Marsh, Capen & Lyon · leaf 89
234. What is Tantaluscup? What does Fi<*. 60 represent ? 235. How, andfor what purposes is water used as a mechanical asent? 236. How many kinds ofwater-wheels are there ? What are they? 237 What is the overshot wheel?W here does it receive its motion? Explain Fi?. 61 What causes the wheel… … Illustration. Fig. 62represents the undershotwheel. Instead of buck-ets at the circumference,it is famished with planesurfaces, called float-boards, abed, &c. whichreceive the impulse ofthe water, and cause thewheel to revolve. 239. The Breastwheel is a wheelwhich receives thewater at about…
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