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 298
that of t;ie penstock, and are operateil liy pneumatic pressure. The interposition ofthe tapered sections between thetmbine connections reduces thediameter of the penstock in pro-portion to the diminisned flow ofwater required as the successiveturbines are passed, and bringsit down to 7 feet at the… … Fig. 107. Anchor CoDnection.s, End of Pen-siocK-, Plant of Nia.uara Falls Hydraulic-Power & ManufaL-tiiring Company. cemented into the solid rock. The penstock terminates here with aconical section 7 feet long, which tapers to 18 inches, and connects bya cast-iron elbow with a vertical air…
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