Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 10. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 764
... effect will be nearly as the quantity of water ex- pended . 2. The expence of water being the fame , the effect will be nearly as the height of the virtual or effective head . 3. The quantity of water expended being the fame , the ...
... effect will be nearly as the quantity of water ex- pended . 2. The expence of water being the fame , the effect will be nearly as the height of the virtual or effective head . 3. The quantity of water expended being the fame , the ...
Page 765
... effect was augmented by less than one - seventh of the increase of perpendicular height . Hence it follows , that the higher the wheel is in proportion to the whole descent , the greater will be the effect ; becaufe it depends lefs upon ...
... effect was augmented by less than one - seventh of the increase of perpendicular height . Hence it follows , that the higher the wheel is in proportion to the whole descent , the greater will be the effect ; becaufe it depends lefs upon ...
Page 767
... effects produced , whether that effect be produced in a great- er or leffer time : thus , having treafured up 1000 tuns of water , which I can let out upon the overfhot wheel of a mill , and defcending through a perpendicular of 20 feet ...
... effects produced , whether that effect be produced in a great- er or leffer time : thus , having treafured up 1000 tuns of water , which I can let out upon the overfhot wheel of a mill , and defcending through a perpendicular of 20 feet ...
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