John Rennie, 1761-1821: The Life and Work of a Great EngineerManchester University Press, 1963 - 149 էջ |
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... means of governing the mill to a steady speed in varying winds . This apparatus was afterwards improved in 1807 by Sir William Cubitt who , by means of spider couplings and a striking rod carried through the windshaft , arranged for the ...
... means of governing the mill to a steady speed in varying winds . This apparatus was afterwards improved in 1807 by Sir William Cubitt who , by means of spider couplings and a striking rod carried through the windshaft , arranged for the ...
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... means of a tailpole which was used as a lever by several men to turn the mill or cap into the wind , but about this time there was devised an ingenious arrangement consisting of a small set of sails — or annular wind - wheel - placed at ...
... means of a tailpole which was used as a lever by several men to turn the mill or cap into the wind , but about this time there was devised an ingenious arrangement consisting of a small set of sails — or annular wind - wheel - placed at ...
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... means of graceful aque- ducts , bores through hills , passes along a summit level fed by a couple of beam engines made by Boulton & Watt , descends into the valley at Foxhanger by means of 29 locks built as though to last for eternity ...
... means of graceful aque- ducts , bores through hills , passes along a summit level fed by a couple of beam engines made by Boulton & Watt , descends into the valley at Foxhanger by means of 29 locks built as though to last for eternity ...
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