Well's natural philosophy : for the use of schools, academies and privte students, introducing the latest results of scientific discovery and research ; arranged with special reference to the practical application of physical science to the arts and the experiences of everyday life ; with three hundred and seventy-five engravings (1873)
Wells, David A · New York : Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor and Co. · leaf 161
circumference of thewheel, and so shaped as to retain as much ofthe water as possible, until they arrive at thelowest part of the wheel, where they emptythemselves. The buckets then ascend emptyon the other side of the wheel to be filled as ^^^before. The wheel is moved by the weight oftb.o water… … HYDRAULICS. 157 Tho overshot wheel is one of the most effective varieties of■water-wheels, and receives its name from the circumstancethat the water shoots over it. It requires a fall in the stream,rather higher than its own diameter. Wheels of this kind,when well constructed, utilize nearly three…
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