"Breastwheel" is a word in ENGLISH
A water wheel, on which the stream of water strikes
neither so high as in the overshot wheel, nor so low as in the
undershot, but generally at about half the height of the wheel, being
kept in contact with it by the breasting. The water acts on the float
boards partly by impulse, partly by its weight.
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Acting by the force of air and water; as, an aerohydrodynamic wheel.
Read the complete definitionA board attached to the rim of a water wheel to prevent the water from running off the floats or …
Read the complete definitionWater thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel, or by the paddle wheels of a steamer.
Read the complete definitionA machine, invented in the 17th century, worked by a form of reaction wheel. The water flows into a vertical …
Read the complete definitionA small body of water set off from the main body; as a compartment containing water for a wheel; the …
Read the complete definitionThe curved channel in which a breast wheel turns. It is closely adapted to the curve of the wheel through …
Read the complete definitionOne of the receptacles on the rim of a water wheel into which the water rushes, causing the wheel to …
Read the complete definitionA pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dipping …
Read the complete definitionAn inversion of the chain pump, by which it becomes a motor driven by water.
Read the complete definitionA framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower …
Read the complete definitionA water wheel having a vertical axis, and an inner and outer tapering shell, between which are vanes or floats …
Read the complete definitionThe angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float, with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves or enters …
Read the complete definitionA stream; especially, a passage channel, or conduit for the water that drives a mill wheel; or an artifical channel …
Read the complete definitionA contrivance applied to steam engines, water wheels, and other machinery, to maintain nearly uniform speed when the resistances and …
Read the complete definitionA blade or channel for directing the flow of water to the wheel buckets.
Read the complete definitionHaving or involving a pressure greatly exceeding that of the atmosphere; -- said of steam, air, water, etc., and of …
Read the complete definitionIn California, a water wheel with radial buckets, driven by the impact of a jet.
Read the complete definitionA penstock for a water wheel.
Read the complete definitionA dam or mound to obstruct a water course, and raise the water to a height sufficient to turn a …
Read the complete definitionA large water wheel, turned by the action of a stream against its floats, and carrying at its circumference buckets, …
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