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 273
mbers are of sunicientsize to receive the largest boats that navigate the canals of tiie north. Their lengtli is 130ft., their width 1!», and their depth 7. The weight of such a chamber, full of water, is 800tons, and a mass of l.fiOO tons is therefore in motion at everv mann:>uvre. Let us… … Fio. 12.—Canal l)oiit i-levator. ENGINES, AIR. 255 of its press will be on a level with the upper canal, while the other will be on a level with thelower one. Let us introduce a boat into each of the chambers and close their gates and thoseof the canals, so as to isolate the chambers completely,…
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