The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette (1839)
London : [William Laxton] · leaf 272
from A to B, fig. 1, theopening being 5 inches,and the depth of shroud15 inches. For lower falls, or inthose wheels which receivethe water below the hori-zontal centre, a largeropening becomes necessaryfor the reception of a largebody of water, and for itsfinal discharge, as shown infig. 4. In the… … easy entrance and an equally free escape for the water, as its re-tention in the bucket must evidently be injuiious, when carriedbeyond the vertical centre. br. Robison further observes, There is another and very seri^ous obstruction to the motion of an overshot, or bucketed wheel.When it moves in…
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