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 310
edgeof white sandstone. 199. The Turbines. The distinct difference in the turbinesof the two plants is that in the new plant the turbines are of the singleinward-flow or Francis type, while those of the old plant are of thetwin outward-flow or Fourneyron type, each wheel divided into threeparts by… … Fig. 176. Lower Part of 5,000-Hor.se-Power Turbine, Power-House No. 1, Niagara Falls Power Compauy. 220 WATER-POWER DEVELOPMENT tail-race. The new wheels were designed by Messrs. Escher, Wyss& Company, to give 5,500 horse-power each, under a head of 145 feetat a speed of 250 revolutions, this…
