Mechanical movements, powers and devices; a treatise describing mechanical movements and devices used in construcive and operative mechinery and the mechanical arts, being practically a mechanical dictionary (1917)
Hiscox, Gardner Dexter, 1822?-1908 · New York : The Norman W. Henley publishing co. · leaf 140
475. CURRENT WATER WHEEL.—The most efficient velocity of the wheelperiphery is forty per cent, of the currentvelocity. The horse-power is : Area of immersion of blades . ^ ^, „ X (V—S)2 150 ^ V = Velocity of the stream; S = vel-ocity of periphery of wheel,—^both in feetper second. … 476. FIXED BUCKET WATER-RAISINGCURRENT WHEEL.—Long rectangularbuckets are attached across the rim of thewheel with side openings, indicated by thehatched spaces. At the top the water flowsover the side of the wheel into a trough. 134 HYDRAULIC POWER AND DEVICES.
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