314 the effect of water on machinery. Oct, 31, 



TO THE MLMORr 



ROBERT ADAM, ARCHITECT, 



OF A RESPECTABLE FAMILY, 



Long remarkable for producing worthy and useful citizens j 

 And which in him and his surviving brother, 



James, 



HAS rXHIBlTEB A FINE TASTE IN ARCHITECTURE, 



Comprefsed ard 'limited by the defect of it in these Klngc^oms, 

 which would not permit Them to exercise, in its full exent, 

 that noble idea of slmpVicitv and grandeur of Cjroposicicn 

 which appear in their original designs, 



THESE SLIGHT OBSERVATIONS AND HINTS ON TASTE, 



y^RE DEDICATEE) BT THE AUTHOR, 



THE EFFECTS OF WATER ON MACHINERY. 



Hintj on the best way of applying water to machinery 

 AS a moving power, in a level country, where no kin© 

 OF cascades is to be met with. 



Continued from p. 257. 



In the foregoing part of this efsay it has been fliown, 

 that plain float-boards can never be employed with 

 econoniy on wheels that are to be moved by water, 

 zi^here a considernhle fall can le commanded. But the 

 case is reversed in a level country ; for it is upon 

 plain float-boards, alone, that water can be made to act 

 as a power, ^ for the moving of .machinery, where 

 advantage is meant to be taken of the gentle flow of 

 acurr^nt without falb. 



The enlarging the breadth of the wheel has also 

 been condemned, as rather hurtful than beneficial, 



