Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 185
will be atleast 1^2 inches square. From hickory or otherhard wood make an axle the size of the holes,and arrange the hubs on it so they will be thirtyinches apart. One side of each spoke shouldbe cut as shown at E, so the blades will lieagainst a flat place instead of against therounded surface.… … FIG. 12. DETAILS OF WHEEL SHOWN ON OPPOSITE PAGE. the axle the power can be taken. Both ofthese wheels can be used as overshot or under-shot, but not as breast-wheels, for a breast-wheelmust have pockets to hold the water, and the *9°5-] THE PRACTICAL BOY. 715 overshot wheel should have them too if…
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