. St. Nicholas [serial] . BREAST FIG. IO. SHOWING THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF WATER-WHEELS. wheel, which in turn can be made to serve yourpurpose in many ways. Once you get a wheelin operation with a shaft and pulley attached,it is then a simple matter to harness your powerand make it do all sorts of things, such as saw-ing wood, grinding coffee, operating a fan on hotVol. XXXIL—90. shot. The overshot is the most powerful, for itis not only moved by the weight of water itholds, but by the force of the onrushing waterfrom the sluice arranged to feed it from breast-wheel is the next in powe
. St. Nicholas [serial] . BREAST FIG. IO. SHOWING THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF WATER-WHEELS. wheel, which in turn can be made to serve yourpurpose in many ways. Once you get a wheelin operation with a shaft and pulley attached,it is then a simple matter to harness your powerand make it do all sorts of things, such as saw-ing wood, grinding coffee, operating a fan on hotVol. XXXIL—90. shot. The overshot is the most powerful, for itis not only moved by the weight of water itholds, but by the force of the onrushing waterfrom the sluice arranged to feed it from breast-wheel is the next in power, and isused where the fall of water is not so great. 7H THE PRACTICAL BOY. [June, The undershot wheel is employed in a rapidlyrunning stream, where there is no dam or bodyof head water. This form is the least powerfuland the most unreliable, but is easy to con-struct as it requires very little ?WAGON WHEELS *DRWLES
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