DESCRIPTION OF A WATER. WHEEL. 49 



Befcription of a Water Wheel. By Mr. J. Kesant. In a 

 Letter to Mr. Charles Taylor, Secretary to the Society 

 for the Encouragement of Arts, Fro?n their Tra7\jac~tions* 



SIR, 



I BEG leave to lay before the Society fome obfervations re* The common 

 fpe&ing the common Underfhot Water-wheel, and to point underfoot wheel 

 out the fuperiority of that of my invention. 



Firft, — In cormuQii water-wheels more than half the water lets much water 

 pafles from the gate through the wheel, without giving it any F^ wlthout efik 

 alii fiance. 



Secondly)— The floats coming out of the tail* water are re- The floats are 

 filled with almoft the whole weight of the atmofphere, at the *efifted at their 

 jnfiant they leave the furfaCeof the water. ' 



Thirdly, — The fame quantity of water which palled be- and they tend to 



tween the floats at the head, mult of courfe pafs between ,,ft the tajl w ** 



. ter. 



them at the tail, and confequently impede the motion of the 



wheeh 



In the water-wheel of my invention, 



Firft,-*— No water can pafs but what acls, with all its force, In the new 

 on the extremity of the wheeh wheel 



Secondly, — The floats coming Out of the water in an ob- the floats are 

 lique direction, prevent the weight of the atmofphere from ,<lue ' 

 taking any effect. 



Thirdly, — Although the new water-wheel is heavier than It is in part 

 that on the old conftruction, yet it runs lighter on its axis, the bu °y ant » 

 water having a tendency to float it. 



Fourthly, — By experiments made with the models, proofs and is good for 

 have been fhown, that the new wheel has many advantages t,de ** 

 over the common wheel, and that, when it works in deep 

 tail water, it will carry weights in proportion of three to One, 

 fo that it will be particularly ferviceable for tide-mills. 



I hope on trial, before the Society, my invention will prove 

 fuccefsful, and am, 



Sir, 

 Your obedient Servant, 

 No. 26, Brompton, J. BESANT* 



To the Secretary of the 



Society of Arts, &c. 



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