Water-power; an outline of the development and application of the energy of flowing water . aplane tangential to the wheel; V\%. \6ob, a section perpendicu-lar to a. It is shaped so as to divide the stream and throw theparts clear of the adjoining vane, and cannot, therefore, exactlxreverse the direction of the stream, bul it probabh-realizes tiiis THE HURD Y G URD Y WHEEL. 3jj ft^-^. —-^-zi-* 334 TURBINES. condition of perfect efficiency as closely as is possible in anywheel. The simplicity of this wheel is only preserved by limitingthe number of nozzles to two or three, or at most four. Toat
Water-power; an outline of the development and application of the energy of flowing water . aplane tangential to the wheel; V\%. \6ob, a section perpendicu-lar to a. It is shaped so as to divide the stream and throw theparts clear of the adjoining vane, and cannot, therefore, exactlxreverse the direction of the stream, bul it probabh-realizes tiiis THE HURD Y G URD Y WHEEL. 3jj ft^-^. —-^-zi-* 334 TURBINES. condition of perfect efficiency as closely as is possible in anywheel. The simplicity of this wheel is only preserved by limitingthe number of nozzles to two or three, or at most four. Toattempt to apply the water by a series of nozzles extending allround the periphery would, with the necessary regulatingmechanism, lead to as complex a form as in any existing this reason the w^heel cannot give a large amount of power
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