A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1850)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York, Bangs, Platt, & Co. · leaf 135
sists of a number of semi-circular partitions, extending from the axle tothe circumference of a large flat cylinder. Asit revolves in the direction of the arrows, the ex-tremities of the partitions dip into the water,and scoop it up, and as they ascend, dischargeit into a trough placed under one… … No. 46. Scoop Wheel. 112 The Chinese Noria. [Book I. THE NORIA OR EGYPTIAN WHEEL. The tympanum has been described as an assemblage of gutters, andthe Noria may be considered as a number of revolving swapes. It con-sists of a series of poles united like the arms of a wheel to a horizontalshaft. To…
Pumping machinery
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