 | James Ferguson, David Brewster - 1806 - 532 pages
...gives a velocity of four feet seven inches per second. * their power, by a given aliquot part of the 4 whole, than low ones can be admitted to do; for *...rate * of six feet per second, without losing any con* siderable part of its power ; and, on the other ' hand, I have seen a wheel of 33 feet high, that... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1809 - 778 pages
...whole, than low ones can be admitted to do ; for a wheel of 24 feet high may move at the rate of 6 feet per second without losing any considerable part...steadily and well with a velocity but little exceeding 2 feet. IV. Concerning the Load for an Overshot Wheel, in order that it may produce a Maximum. The... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1814 - 520 pages
...CC 1 wilt lose their power, by a given aliquot part ' of the whole, than low ones can be admitted 1 to do ; for a wheel of 24 feet high may move ' at...wheel ' of 33 feet high, that has moved very steadily 1 and well with a velocity but little exceeding 1 2 feet.'* M. Deparcieuxf shows, that most work is... | |
 | John Nicholson (civil engineer.) - 1825 - 1008 pages
...greatest effect possible ; it is also determined by experience, that high wheels may deviate further from this rule, before they will lose their power,...the rate of six feet per second without losing any part of its power; and, on the other hand, the author had seen a wheel of 33 feet high that moved very... | |
 | 1832 - 354 pages
...the whole, than low ones can be admitted to do. For a wheel of 24 feet high may move at the rate of 6 feet per second, without losing any considerable part...steadily and well, with a velocity but little exceeding 2 feet per second." Undershot irPhed. (115.) An undershot water wheel is an ordinary wheel turning... | |
 | Thomas Tredgold - 1836 - 288 pages
...effect possible : however, this also is certain from experience, that high wheels may deviate further from this rule, before they will lose their power,...of its power;* and, on the other hand, I have seen awheel of 33 feet high, that has moved very steadily and well with a velocity but little exceeding... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 902 pages
...certain, from experience, that high wheels may deviate farther from this rule than low wheels can admit to do; for a wheel of 24 feet high may move at the rate of G feet per second without losing any considerable part of its power, while, on the other hand, Mr.... | |
 | Oliver Evans - 1848 - 594 pages
...the whole, than low ones can be admitted to do: for a wheel of 24 feet high may move at the rate of 6 feet per second without losing any considerable part...steadily and well, with a velocity" but little exceeding 2 feet."* [Mr. Smeaton has also made a model of a wind-mill, and a complete set of experiments on the... | |
 | Joseph Glynn - 1853 - 210 pages
...without appreciable loss, as the height of the fall and the diameter of the wheel increase, and that a wheel of 24 feet high may move at the rate of 6 feet per second without any considerable loss of power. The author has constructed several overshot... | |
 | Joseph Glynn - 1853 - 174 pages
...without appreciable loss, as the height of the fall and the diameter of the wheel increase, and that a wheel of 24 feet high may move at the rate of 6 feet per second without any considerable loss of power. The author has constructed several overshot... | |
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... from this rule, before they will lose their power, by a given aliquot part of the whole, than low ones can be admitted to do ; for a wheel of 24 feet high may move at the rate of six feet per second without losing any considerable part of its power... 