. The Street railway journal . the textile goods factory of Cadet fils, La Bastide, a town south of Bordeaux, in theDepartment of Tarn, France. Here a steam engine which form-erly was used to furnish the power for the entire factory, is nowheld in reserve for periods of low water, and the greater part ofthe time power is furnished by a 36-in. twin impulse wheel, work-ing under a head of 128 ft., at 285 , and developing 40 use of contracting nozzles makes a high efficiency possiblew ith the varying loads. The illustration herewith presented shows the wheel sent to LaBast
. The Street railway journal . the textile goods factory of Cadet fils, La Bastide, a town south of Bordeaux, in theDepartment of Tarn, France. Here a steam engine which form-erly was used to furnish the power for the entire factory, is nowheld in reserve for periods of low water, and the greater part ofthe time power is furnished by a 36-in. twin impulse wheel, work-ing under a head of 128 ft., at 285 , and developing 40 use of contracting nozzles makes a high efficiency possiblew ith the varying loads. The illustration herewith presented shows the wheel sent to LaBastide, by Powell & Colne, export agents. This wheel was fur-nished them by the American Impulse Wheel Company. The photograph was taken with the top casing removed and theshape of the buckets peculiar to this wheel can be observed. Thehigh efficiency of the wheels made by this company is due to theclose attention and study which its engineers have given to everydetail and to the great care exercised in manufacturing. A prime. NON-MAGNETlC WATCH and in fact to anyone who is re-quired to be near electrical appa-ratus. In this watch the hair-spring and balance are notmanufactured of steel, but of amaterial that is unaffected bymagnetic influences.
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