 | Robert Brunton - Mechanical engineering - 1828 - 222 pages
...upon the teeth of the wheels; and the axle of the water wheel suffers no strain. The proper connection of machinery to water wheels is of the first importance,...rule by which it is found. See Centre of Gyration. PUMPS. EXAMPLE. Required the radius of the circle of gyration in a water wheel, 30 feet diameter; the... | |
 | Robert Brunton - Machinery, Kinematics of - 1830 - 260 pages
...For driving a cotton mill in this neighbourhood, there is a water wheel about 12 feet broad, and 20 feet diameter; there is a division in the middle of...which it is found. See Centre of Gyration. EXAMPLE. Required the radius of the circle of gyration in a water wheel, 30 feet diameter; the weight of the... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Measurement - 1835 - 308 pages
...the teeth of the wheels ; and the axle of the water wheel suffers no strain. The proper connection of machinery to water wheels is of the first importance,...giving way, besides a considerable loss of power. EXAMPLE. Required the radius of the circle of gyration in a water wheel, 30 feet diameter ; the weight... | |
 | George Savage White - Cotton - 1836 - 528 pages
...the teeth of the wheels ; and the axle of the water wheel suffers no strain. The proper connection of machinery to water wheels is of the first importance,...following example will show the rule by which it is found. EXAMPLE. Required the radius of the circle of gyration in a water-wheel, 30 feet diameter ; the weight... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Geometry - 1848 - 320 pages
...the teeth of the wheels ; and the axle of the water wheel suffers no strain. The proper connection of machinery to water wheels is of the first importance,...giving way, besides a considerable loss of power. EXAMPLE. Required the radius of the circle of gyration in a water wheel, 30 feet diameter ; the weight... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Geometry - 1848 - 312 pages
...the teeth of the wheels ; and the axle of the water wheel suffers no strain. The proper connection of machinery to water wheels is of the first importance,...journals and axles giving way, besides a considerable losi of power. EXAMPLE. Required the radius of the circle of gyration in a water \v4ieel, 30 feet diameter... | |
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... which the power can be taken, is that point in the circle of gyration horizontal to the centre of the axle; because, taking the power from this part, the whole weight of water in the buckets acts upon the teeth of the wheels; and the axle of the water... 