Hydraulic motors, with related subjects, including centrifugal pumps, pipes, and open channels, designed as a text-book for engineering schools (1905)
Church, Irving Porter, 1851-1931 · New York : J. Wiley & Sons; [etc, ] · leaf 52
elatively to the end ofthe float) opposite to that of entrance and at the same level.They are specially suitable for small falls, under 6 ft., utilizingabout double the energy of an ordinary undershot. Withgreater falls they are excelled by breast wheels and are moredifficult of construction. The… … Fig. 14. This variety of undershot owes its superiority in efficiency,when compared with the ordinary undershot, to the fact thatthe water is received upon the float at A without impact, andleaves the wheel at B with but little absolute velocity. At Athe absolute velocity of the jet (that is,…
Hydraulic machinery
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