Water-power; an outline of the development and application of the energy of flowing water . v^a\. rr Fig. 133. half in elevation, the spout which conducts the water to thewheel being shown in section. The wheel is mounted upon asquare wooden shaft which is provided with gudgeons andbanded in the ordinary manner. The figure contemplates twosets of arms, each set consisting of four pieces formed as at aand b, locked together and confined to the shaft by shrouding, it will be noticed, is very deep, giving muchgreater depth to the buckets than is required in the breast-wheelor than is n
Water-power; an outline of the development and application of the energy of flowing water . v^a\. rr Fig. 133. half in elevation, the spout which conducts the water to thewheel being shown in section. The wheel is mounted upon asquare wooden shaft which is provided with gudgeons andbanded in the ordinary manner. The figure contemplates twosets of arms, each set consisting of four pieces formed as at aand b, locked together and confined to the shaft by shrouding, it will be noticed, is very deep, giving muchgreater depth to the buckets than is required in the breast-wheelor than is necessary to contain the water. The wheel havingno breast to restrain the escape of water, this arrangement is Jf\4 TER- WHEELS. 283 necessary in order to prevent the water from spilling out of thebuckets till it has nearly reached the level of the lower Fig. 134. Fig- 135 -shows a similar wheel of more modern construc-tion. The shaft is of cast iron. The arms are like those of
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