Elementary natural philosophy : designed for high schools and academies (1881)
Griffin, La Roy F. (La Roy Freese), 1844-1916 · Philadelphia : Sower, Potts & Co. · leaf 88
Fig. 97. 275. TheUndershotWheel,Fig.97, consists of a wheel carrying a series offloats, called buckets, attached to itsrim, which dip into the water. Thewater flows beneath the wheel, andacts by its momentum. This wheelwill utilize about thirty per cent, of theforce of the water. 78 MECHANICS OF… … Fig. 98. 276. The Overshot Wheel, Fig. 98, has the water sup-plied by a spout which passes overthe wheel. It then pours intobuckets of such a shape that thewater is held until the bucket de-scends past the centre of thewheel, and these buckets must besufficiently shallow to allow allthe water to be…
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