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The Engineer's and Mechanic's Encyclopaedia, Vol. 2 of 2: Comprehending Practical Illustrations of the Machinery and Processes Employed in Every ... of the British Empire (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover
Excerpt from The Engineer's and Mechanic's Encyclopaedia, Vol. 2 of 2: Comprehending Practical Illustrations of the Machinery and Processes Employed in Every Description of Manufacture of the British Empire Jack (snore). Another contrivance for the same purpose as the former, but acting not by a weight, but by means of the smoke or rarefied air passing up the chimney, which striking against a set of oblique vanes, fixed to a ver tical spindle, causes it to revolve with great rapidity. Upon the spindle is fixed a sm l bevilled wheel working into another small wheel placed upon a horizon tal axis, which has a screw cut 11 on the other end of it; this screw works into a wheel on the axis of the pa ley that drives the s it: the latter is thus carried slowly round. The vanes should be placed in t e narrow part of the chimney, where the motion of the smoke is swiftest, and should occupy nearly the whole space, so as to intercept the greatest art of the current. 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.
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- PublisherForgotten Books
- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 1396360212
- ISBN 13 9781396360213
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages866
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