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 297
fficiencv for forcing four to five times the height of the propelling head, and areSuitable ni most cases for irrigating purposes; but wlu-n the resistance is increased the elas-tic blow or percussive impulse of tlie current is not enough to raise the check-valve t againstthe increased area caused… … FiQ. 5 Figs. 5-8.—Richards liydraulic ram. Fig. 8. bottom through four holes shown in the sectional plan. Fig. 8. These holes are alternatelycovered and uncovered by the four wings of the oscillating valve V. which is mounted on aspindle ^. The valve is openetl by means of the water-wheel \V, and…
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