| James Ferguson - Astronomy - 1776 - 546 pages
...the water there moves per frcond. 3. Divide the velocity of the water by 3, and the quotient fhall be the velocity of the floatboards of the wheel ; or the number of feet they muft each go through in a fecond, when the water afts upon them fo, as to have the greateft power to... | |
| John Imison - 1796 - 476 pages
...water there moves per fccond, III. Divide the velocity of the water by three, and the quotient Ihall be the velocity of the float-boards of the wheel, or the number of feet they muft each go thro' in a fecond, when the water afts upon them fo as to have the greatcft power to turn... | |
| Andrew Mackay - Astronomy - 1804 - 354 pages
...of the water by 3, and the quotient shall be the velocity of the float boards of the wheel ; or t:ie number of feet they must each go through in a second,...so as to have the greatest power to turn the mill. IV. Divide the circumference of the wheel, in feet, by the velocity of its floats, in feet, per second,... | |
| Olinthus Gregory - Mechanical engineering - 1806 - 590 pages
...the water by 3 ; and the quotient will be the velocity of the floats of the wheel in feet per fecond. 4. Divide the circumference of the wheel in feet, by the velocity of its floats; and the quotient will be the number of feconds in one turn or revolution of the great water-wheel,... | |
| Charles Hutton - Astronomy - 1815 - 686 pages
...by 3 (or 2) ; and the quotient will be the velocity of the floats of the wheel in feet per second. 4. Divide the circumference of the wheel in feet, by the velocity of its floats; and the quotient will be the number of seconds in one turn or revolution of the great waterwheel, on... | |
| Hewson Clarke, John Dougall - Drawing - 1817 - 902 pages
...water moves at that point in one second. 3. Divide this velocity by three, and the quotient will give the velocity of the float-boards of the wheel, or the number of feet they will go through in a second, when the water acts upon them in such a way as to have the greatest power... | |
| Alexander Jamieson - Natural history - 1821 - 448 pages
...above that part of the wheel on which the water begins to act, and call thai the height of the fall. Divide the velocity of the water by three, and the...the wheel, or the number of feet they must each go Multiply this constant number 64.2882 by the height of the fall in feet, and the square root of the... | |
| James Ferguson - Eclipses - 1823 - 406 pages
...the water there moves per second. 3. Divide the velocity of the water by 3, and the quotient shall be the velocity of the float-boards of the wheel,...of its floats in feet per second, and the quotient shall be the number of seconds in which the wheel turns round. 5. By this last number of seconds divide... | |
| John Nicholson - Machinery - 1825 - 822 pages
...water by 3, and the quotient shall be the velocity of the floats of the wheel, in feet, per second. 4. Divide the circumference of the wheel in feet, by the velocity of its floats, and the quotient will be the number of seconds in one turn or revolution of the great water-wheel on... | |
| Hewson Clarke, John Dougall - Agriculture - 1825 - 892 pages
...water moves at that point in one second. 3. Divide this velocity by three, and the quotient will give the velocity of the float-boards of the> wheel, or the number of feet they will go through in a second, when the water acts !upon them in such a way •AS to have the greatest... | |
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