The wonders of modern mechanism. A résumé of recent progress in mechanical, physical, and engineering science (1896)
Cochrane, Charles Henry, 1856- · Philadelphia J.B. Lippincott · leaf 293
gland,run wheels under nearly as severe pressures. They have 23* 284 WONDERS OF MODERN MECHANISM. ail eigliteen-inch wheel, weighing but thirty pounds, thatgives twenty-one horse-power with a (juarter-inch stream.The Pelton wheels are also built for use in cities asmotors, having for this purpose… … THE PELTON MOTOR WITH DYNAMO CONNECTED. wheel, under these circumstances, is made of a diameter togive proper speed to the dynamo under tlie water-headavailable. Where a considerable head of water is obtain-able, a small stream may be used to run an electric lightingplant at small cost. The water…
Inventions · Mechanical engineering · Machinery
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