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Excerpt from Principles of Construction and Efficiency of Water-Wheels The use of water as a motive power has been so well known from the earliest ages of which we have any record, and the best mode of its application has formed the subject of so many' scientific treatises, that the Author feels he cannot advance any new views, or establish any new rules of construction of the more ancient forms of wheels. Modern inventions for utilising the impulsive power of water, such as turbines, do not seem however, to have been thoroughly investigated; at least, the Author has not been able to meet 'with any treatise, in which detailed rules of con struction have been given; or if detailed rules of construction have been given, no scientific reason has been laid down for their adoption. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.