Recent cotton mill construction and engineering (1894)
Nasmith, Joseph · London : J. Heywood · leaf 255
l at will. It has been said that the turbines are of the i 228 Girard type. The reason for this selection isthat turbines made on that principle need notnecessarily be fed round their whole circumference,have a lower circumferential velocity, and permitof the diameter of the wheel being increased,… … Fig. 105. water inlet can be made by closing a certain numberof ports. The slide is operated by the worm andcircular rack shown, and can be operated fromabove by means of a hand wheel fixed on a pillar. 229 be observed that the ports occupy opposite quadrants.The regulation is completed by a…
Textile factories -- Design and construction · Cotton manufacture · Cotton machinery
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