Modern mechanism, exhibiting the latest progress in machines, motors, and the transmission of power, being a supplementary volume to Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics (1892)
Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 195
h of the tanks arevalves, worked bv horizontal valve-wheels. By proper conduits the dredged material can bedelivered to anv one of the tanks, according to the way in which the chutes are set. The estimated capacity of the plants per working-day are: Xo. 1, 2,000 cub. yds.; ^o. •...,1,.500 cub.… … Fig. ,..—tluuiruxal-pump dreds**- main ship-channel, and 5 miles from Gedneys Channel, in not less than 14 fathoms ofwater. The general operation is as follows: The scoop (Fig. 3) is dropped down to the bottom, on which it runs upon wheels. The pipe which connects it to its pump is of steel,…
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