Inventors at work, with chapters on discovery (1906)
Iles, George, 1852-1942 · New York, Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 108
Steel vanes of wind-mill.Fairbanks, Morse & Co., Chicago. PELTON WHEEL 71 The Pelton wheel, pre-eminent among water-motors of theimpulse type, owes its economy chiefly to each bucket beingdivided in halves and curved with the utmost nicety. … Jet for Pelton wheel. CHAPTER VII FORM-Continued. LIGHT ECONOMIZED BY RIGHTLY SHAPEDGLASS. HEAT SAVED BY WELL DESIGNEDCONVEYORS AND RADIATORS Why rough glass may be better than smooth . . . Light is directed inuseful paths by prisms . . . The magic of total reflection is turned toaccount . . .…
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