A system of natural philosophy, designed for the use of schools and academies (1845)
Moffat, J[ohn] M. [from old catalog] · Philadelphia, E. C. Biddle · leaf 177
ewheel. They are called float-boards;and the wheel being so placed as forits lowest point to be immersed inflowing water, it is set in motion bythe impact of the water on the boards as they successively dipInto it. As a wheel of this kind will revolve in any stream whichfurnishes a current of… … To whom is the invention of the cochlion commonly ascribed ? Into how many classes are vertical water-wheels divided ? What name is given to that part of an undershot wheel which receivesthe impact of the water ? In what situations is the peculiar advantage of this kind of wheel to beobtained ?…
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