Overshot wheel

“In the overshot wheel, the water falls into buckets at the top, and by its weight, aided by the force of the current, turns the wheel. Such wheels have been made 100 feet in diameter.” — Avery, 1895

Keywords

water, wheel, machine, bucket, overshot

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Water Power Generation

Source

Elroy M. Avery School Physics (New York: Sheldon and Company, 1895) 172

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