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 311
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… … Fig. 177. Detail of 5,500-H.P. Turbine iu Power-Hou.se No. 3,Niagara Falls Power Company. first power-house were designed by Messrs. Faesch & Piccard (nowPiccard & Pictet), of Geneva, Switzerland; and, under a head of136 feet (the distance from the surface of the headwater to the…
