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 240
ER-POWER DEVELOPMENT 151 Power Companys installations; in such cases the revolving armaturesmay be made heavy enough to act as fly-wheels. In other cases thepower may be transmitted to other shafts by means of spur or bevelgearing, or by belt or rope transmission—with considerable loss ofpower. See… … Fig. 109. A3,000Horse-PowerInstallation. Comprises four 43-inch cylinder-gate wheels under 48 feet head, giving 1,600 horse-power; and two 36-inch cylinder-gate wheels under 37 feet head, giving 400 horse-power. no essential particular from those met with in general mechanicalengineering practice,…
