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 722
UMPS, ROTARY. 693 accordingly with smooth iron vanes, bolted to a square extension on the pump spindle, as shown in Fig. 11.The throats of thesuction inlets weremade very sharp,and brought in asclose as possible tothe inner tips ofthe vanes. In thewinters . opinionthe effect wouldhave been muchthe… … Fig. 12.—Lawrence pump. water, there seems no reason why a centrifugal pump, considered as a turbine-wheel, actingin the reverse manner,should not utilize, insome near proportion,the power applied to itfor moving and raisingwater. The writer isnot aware whether anyinvestigations have beenmade in…
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