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 162
er than its own diameter. Wheels of this kind,when well constructed, utilize nearly three fourths of the mov-force of the water. 354. The Breast TVheel may be considered as a varietyintermediate between the overshot and the undershot wheels.In this, the water, instead of falling on the wheel from… … of the axis. The race-way, or passage forthe water to descend upon the side of thowheel, is built in a circular form, to fit thecircumference of the wheel, and the waterthus inclosed acts partially by its weig..t,and partially by its impulse, or momentum.Fig. 147 represents a breast-wheel, with…
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