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 179
of the horizontal tube, and that force being removedfrom the points whence the water issues, the pressure or reac-tion on the corresponding points on the opposite parts of the in-terior of the tube tends to make it revolve, the action of both jetsproducing motion in the same direction. Hence it is… … By what mechanical property does the water produce its effect on thiswheel ? On what principle is Barkers mill constructed ? Is the presence of the air necessary to the action of this machine ? On what part of the revolving arms is the moving force really exerted ? THE HYDRAULIC RAM. 177 both of…
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