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 585
growth of a feeling against disfiguring the falls, it hasbecome undesirable to extend works of this kind. 560 NIAGARA, THE UTILIZATION OF. The idea of a better method of utilizing the falls is due to the late Mr. Thomas Evershed.He proposed to construct canals and head races on unoccupied land a… … inappreciable diminution of the volume of flow over the falls, this plan avoids any damageto the scenery, and permits the utilization of a fall of 200 ft. It is essential to the plan ofconstructing a tail-race tunnel in the rock, that a very considerable amount of power shouldbe utilized. Otherwise…
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