Fairbairn, William, Sir, 1789-1874 · London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green · leaf 288
in any onedepartment it should not com-municate to the others. Thisprecaution has been consideredessential in every well-regula-ted powder mill, and to attainthat object, most establish-ments have their mills at 100to 150 yards distant from eachother. Where this arrangementis found inconvenient,… … 248 ON rOWDEll MILLS. different since the introduction of the cast-iron runners, asmay be seen by the preceding arrangement, fig. 316, where themill is driven by a water wheel. On this plan it will be observed, that the water wheel is14 feet diameter, 12 feet wide inside tlie buckets, with…
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