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 143
ovided for storing power, so that the machinery dependentupon this power may be in continuous operation, or may operate atany time, irrespective of the tidal conditions. Where power is usedintermittently—as in some pumping plants which operate only acertain number of hours each day of 24 hours— a… … Fig. 38. Scoop Wheel, Improved Type. WATER-POWER DEVELOPMENT 59 performs work l)y reason of the static pressure of water actin<); upona piston or a revolving- dise. The cyHnder and piston type of motorhas a reciprocating motion identical with that of the steam engine;and the operation is very…
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