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 178
of flowing water. … 30. The breast wheel is a sortof machine having an intermediatecharacter compared with the un-dershot and overshot wheel. Ithas float-boards like the former,but they are converted into bucketssomewhat after the manner ofthose in the chain pump, as theymove in a cavity adapted to thecircumference of…
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