. Mechanical appliances, mechanical movements and novelties of construction; a complete work and a continuation, as a second volume, of the author's book entitled "Mechanical movements, powers and devices" ... including an explanatory chapter on the leading conceptions of perpetual motion existing during the past three centuries. .,„,---,;«. ■••i_--,-^:^^^ frame on piles, or on floats in a stream, shows increased power by thelarge number of submerged buckets. 295. FLOATING MOTOR FOR RIVERS. A wheel of thewindmill type is hung within a bell-mouthed case, which may be. lowered or drawn up to cle
. Mechanical appliances, mechanical movements and novelties of construction; a complete work and a continuation, as a second volume, of the author's book entitled "Mechanical movements, powers and devices" ... including an explanatory chapter on the leading conceptions of perpetual motion existing during the past three centuries. .,„,---,;«. ■••i_--,-^:^^^ frame on piles, or on floats in a stream, shows increased power by thelarge number of submerged buckets. 295. FLOATING MOTOR FOR RIVERS. A wheel of thewindmill type is hung within a bell-mouthed case, which may be. lowered or drawn up to clear the varying depth of a stream and toutilize the full value of the increased velocity at mid depth. Poweris transmitted to the shore, or may be used on the floats for pumpingwater for irrigation. 296. Cross section, showing wheel and frame. 297. WATER MOTOR. A curved bucket- \ rim wheel revolves around a fixed double jet. The control of the jets is made by wedges on an ^1 arm to which is attached a gear. A pinion meshed in the large gear, with shaft extending to outside of case, moves the arm and wedges.
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