Rudimentary Treatise on the power of water, as applied to drive Flour Mills, etc1853 |
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... means , the heavy mill . " - Beckmann's History of Inventions . The water - wheels first used to drive corn - mills were horizontal ; they were of small size , and revolved rapidly . The axle passed through the centre of the lower ...
... means , the heavy mill . " - Beckmann's History of Inventions . The water - wheels first used to drive corn - mills were horizontal ; they were of small size , and revolved rapidly . The axle passed through the centre of the lower ...
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... means of stones or beams of wood , as the water increases , they can work equally well at any height of the river ; the earthen vessels giving of them- selves a sufficient impetus , without any other means , except in some few places ...
... means of stones or beams of wood , as the water increases , they can work equally well at any height of the river ; the earthen vessels giving of them- selves a sufficient impetus , without any other means , except in some few places ...
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... means of irrigation might be used with advantage . CHAPTER II . THE NATURE AND PROPERTIES OF WATER . HAVING thus briefly noticed the early use of water as a motive power , it may perhaps be well , before proceeding farther , to consider ...
... means of irrigation might be used with advantage . CHAPTER II . THE NATURE AND PROPERTIES OF WATER . HAVING thus briefly noticed the early use of water as a motive power , it may perhaps be well , before proceeding farther , to consider ...
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... means for allowing it to expand when it freezes . By thus becoming lighter than water , ice floats upon the surface ... mean temperature , when the barometer stands at 29.5 inches , weighs 1000 ounces avoirdupois , or 62 lb ...
... means for allowing it to expand when it freezes . By thus becoming lighter than water , ice floats upon the surface ... mean temperature , when the barometer stands at 29.5 inches , weighs 1000 ounces avoirdupois , or 62 lb ...
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... means of Bramah's press , and thus by the hydraulic ram , the impulse of a fall of water a few feet in height through an enclosed pipe , when suddenly checked , strikes as it were a blow which will force a portion of the stream much ...
... means of Bramah's press , and thus by the hydraulic ram , the impulse of a fall of water a few feet in height through an enclosed pipe , when suddenly checked , strikes as it were a blow which will force a portion of the stream much ...
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aperture applied Archimedean spiral arms axis axle bottom breast-wheel buckets cast-iron cent centre centrifugal force Chew Magna circumference co-efficient column of water conical constructed corn-mills cubic feet cubic foot cylinder depth descending discharge driven effect equal erected experiments fall of water feet long feet per minute fixed float float-boards flour foot force gallons George Rennie gravity height holes hydraulic impulse inches in diameter iron lower machine machinery meal means mill miller millstones millwrights mode motion nearly Newcastle-on-Tyne notch opening orifice overfall pair passed pinion pipe piston pivot placed Poncelet pressure pressure-engine proportion pumps quantity of water rain rain-gauge raised regulated Rennie requisite reservoir revolutions per minute revolving river Robert Kane round screws shaft sluice Smeaton speed spindle square stream stroke sufficient supply of water surface tractory turbine turn undershot upper stone valve velocity vertical water power water-wheel Westgarth