An elementary book on electricity and magnetism and their applications (1919)
Jackson, Dugald C. (Dugald Caleb), 1865-1951, Jackson, John Price, b. 1868, Black, Newton Henry, b. 1874 · New York, The Macmillian Co · leaf 468
then through another seriesof conduits to a second power house. The water comes from the six-inch nozzles at the terrific velocity of 350 feet per second (about 3hmiles per minute) and strikes the buckets of the water wheels. Eaehunit consists of two Pelton water wheels, 94 inches in diameter,… … Fig. 291.— Mississippi River Power Company (largest in the world,) witn niteen9000-kv-a. 11,000-volt generators. The ultimate installation will have doubleits present capacity.
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