Lester Pelton and the Pelton Water Wheel

Lescohier, Roger P.

Published by Empire Mine Park Association, Nevada City, CA, 1992

B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. This copy has been signed by the author on the half title page. There is some extremely light bumping to the spine ends. There is a strip of color loss to front cover by the spine joint. The text pages are clean and bright. "The Pelton wheel or Pelton Turbine is an impulse-type water turbine invented by American inventor Lester Allan Pelton in the 1870s. [1][2] The Pelton wheel extracts energy from the impulse of moving water, as opposed to water's dead weight like the traditional overshot water wheel. Many earlier variations of impulse turbines existed, but they were less efficient than Pelton's design. Water leaving those wheels typically still had high speed, carrying away much of the dynamic energy brought to the wheels. Pelton's paddle geometry was designed so that when the rim ran at half the speed of the water jet, the water left the wheel with very little speed; thus his design extracted almost all of the water's impulse energy which made for a very efficient turbine. " (from Wikipedia) ; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # A44294

Bibliographic Details

Title: Lester Pelton and the Pelton Water Wheel
Publisher: Empire Mine Park Association, Nevada City, CA
Publication Date: 1992
Binding: Stapled wraps
Condition: Very Good
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing.