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MACHINERY IX CONNECTION WITH WATEK. 



Fig. 250 is a section of the Reynolds wheel; 6^ the 



gate for admitting the 



Fig. 251. 



water through the hori- 

 zontal shute from the 

 flume ; A, A, the circu- 

 lar passage for the water, 

 which is gradually di- 

 minished in volume as it 

 strikes tlie buckets or 

 blades, -S,^, and escapes 

 through the bottom and 

 top of the wheel. The 

 arrows sliow the currents, and the curved dotted lines the 

 openings through which the Fig. 253. 



water escapes the curved 

 arrows exhibiting the re- 

 bounding of the current 

 against the blades, before 

 passing out through the is- 

 sues. Fig. 251 is an exterior 

 view of the wheel, showing 

 the gate for the admission 

 of the water ; and fig. 252 

 represents the shaft and 



Fig. 254. 



Section of Van de Water W/ieel. 

 buckets separate. 



Fig. 253 is a section of 

 the Van de Water wheel, 

 G, G, G, G, being the 

 gates for admitting wa- 

 ter, and J?, ^, the buck- 

 ets ' the arrows rep- 

 resenting the entering 

 currents. JI shows, by 

 dotted lines, the position 

 Van de Water Wheel. of one of the gates when 



closed. The water, after entering the buckets, passes out 



