The steam engine familiarly explained and illustrated; with an historical sketch of its invention and progressive improvement; (1836)
Lardner, Dionysius, 1793-1859, Renwick, James, 1790-1863. [from old catalog] · Philadelphia, E. L. Carey & A. Hart · leaf 293
ddle boards, which are secured by nuts or braces in a fixedposition ; and that position is such that the planes of (he pad-dle boards diverge nearly from the centre of the shaft onwhich the wheel turns. The consequence of this arrange-ment is that each paddle board can only act in that… … wheel revolves; the position of the paddle boards are repre-sented at a, b, c, &c.; x, y represents the water line, thecourse of the vessel being supposed to be from x to y; thearrows represent the direction in which the paddle wheel re-volves. The wheel is immersed to the depth of the…
Steam-engines
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