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 147
a faulty de-sign of vane, forthe water, afterstriking the outerlip, is abruptlychanged in direc-tion at the cornersa and /-», with con-sefjuent shock andloss of energy; also,after leaving avane, the streamstrikes the back ofthe one adjoining, thus producing back-pressure, with further loss… … Fig. 42. A 5,000-H.P. Pelton Water-Wheel Ruuner. This wheel. 9 ft. 10 in. in diameter, is capable of developing5,()()0 h.p. at 325 r.p.m. under 865 feet of effective head. * i*^ . •. XIN, •• • S^kifii^
