Hydraulic engineering; a practical treatise on the principles of water pressure and flow and their application to the development of water power, including the calculation, design and construction of water wheels, turbines, and other details of hydraulic power plants (1909)
American School (Chicago, Ill.), Black, Adolph, Turneaure, Frederick Eugene, 1866- · Chicago American School of Correspondence · leaf 128
bucket is formedby the rim or sole-plate F; theside pieces are made by two cheeksor shrouds E. The whole isbolted to arms assembled on thehub, and supported by the axle. Let h be the total fall fromthe surface of the water in the head-race or flume to the surface of the water in the tail-race; and… … ^/Mi^yi.i^y/A Fig. 27. Vertical Section of OvershotWheel. 44 WATER-POWEK DEVELOPMENT //,, the average liead in filling the buckets; h — h^ —//^, the averagehead of descent of the filled buckets; and h^, that part of the headwhich remains between the empty buckets and the tail-race. Thewater strikes…
