Williams, Henry Smith, 1863-, Williams, Edward Huntington, 1868-1944, joint author · New York and London, The Goodhue company · leaf 98
ving to support the weight of the mech-anism—a consideration of great importance in the caseof such gigantic turbines as those that are employedat Niagara Falls, which we shall have occasion toexamine in detail in a later chapter. The power generated by a revolution of the turbinewheel may, of… … WATER WHEELS. Fig. I shows a model of the so-called breast wheel, a familiar type of waterwheel that has been in use since the time of the Romans. Figs. 2 and 3 show similarwheels as used to-day in Belgium. Fig. 4 shows a model of Fourneyrons turbine.This wheel was made in 1837, but the original…
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