Water-power; an outline of the development and application of the energy of flowing water . Fig. 171. 358 TURBIXES. gears, when they run on vertical shafts, or directly, when all runon the same horizontal shaft. The same shaft may also have. FiG. 172. a connection with the steam-engine. The establishment runs,at times, entirel} by water; as the water diminishes in the dryseason, one wheel after another is put out of use, and in thedriest weather it ma}- run wholly b}- steam. For this andother reasons it is often desirable to throw a wheel out of con-nection with the general 173 sho
Water-power; an outline of the development and application of the energy of flowing water . Fig. 171. 358 TURBIXES. gears, when they run on vertical shafts, or directly, when all runon the same horizontal shaft. The same shaft may also have. FiG. 172. a connection with the steam-engine. The establishment runs,at times, entirel} by water; as the water diminishes in the dryseason, one wheel after another is put out of use, and in thedriest weather it ma}- run wholly b}- steam. For this andother reasons it is often desirable to throw a wheel out of con-nection with the general 173 shows the de-vice for disconnecting a horizontal shaft. It consists of a commonface-coupling, the two faces stand- Fig. 173. ing about an inch apart, and the two parts of the shaft whichthey unite being separated b\ the same distance. To connectthe shafts we insert a disk of inch plank, both disk and facesbeing bored for bolts. These are passed through and the nutsturned up. A double bearing is required at the point of discon-nection. This device is of limited application. In a series ofturbines numbered i. 2, 3,4, all transmitting through i D IS COXNE C 7 ING ME CHA NISM. 359 the same shaft, it is possible by this means
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