Water-power; an outline of the development and application of the energy of flowing water . Fig. 167. THE FLUME. 349 the side of the flume for admission to the interior. In tnis formthe word flume is usually apphed to the chamber enclosing-the wheel, the remainder of the pipe being known as the pen-stock. This arrangement is presented by the Rodney HuntCompany of Orange, Mass. In adopting this cut the writer feels obliged to disclaim themethod therein indicated of constructing the arch over the tail-. FiG. The bricks are shown as laid flatwise, which would beas unworkmanlike as putti
Water-power; an outline of the development and application of the energy of flowing water . Fig. 167. THE FLUME. 349 the side of the flume for admission to the interior. In tnis formthe word flume is usually apphed to the chamber enclosing-the wheel, the remainder of the pipe being known as the pen-stock. This arrangement is presented by the Rodney HuntCompany of Orange, Mass. In adopting this cut the writer feels obliged to disclaim themethod therein indicated of constructing the arch over the tail-. FiG. The bricks are shown as laid flatwise, which would beas unworkmanlike as putting bricks on end in a vertical in an arch are always laid with their ends or their edgesto the soffit, and so as to receive the pressure on their broad-est faces. Fig. i68 shows a flume of stone, iron, and wood, viz.,stone side walls, iron beams, and wooden floor, for a pair of 3dO tukbixes turbines to drive a pulp-grinder. The main shaft goes througha stuffing-box built into the wall and rests in a bearing in thesame opening. This figure is taken from the catalogue ofS. Morgan Smith of York, Pa. The hand-wheel shaft formanipulating the gates also passes through a stuffing-box;though, the flume being open at the top, there is nothing tohinder it from entering freely from above. When such a struc-ture rests upon anything but good sound rock it should have asubstantial flooring of timber and planking, not only to preventsettlement of the masonr\^ but to protect the bottom from thewas
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