Experimental enquiry concerning the natural powers of wind and water to turn mills and other machines depending on a circular motion : And an experimental examination of the quantity and proportion of mechanic power necessary to be employed in giving different degrees of velocity to heavy bodies from a state of rest. Also new fundamental experiments upon the collision of bodies. With five plates of machines. By the late Mr. John Smeaton, F.R.S.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smeaton, John, 1724-1792.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Windmills.

Water-wheels.

Mechanical engineering--Early works to 1800.

Mechanical engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii,[1],110,[2]p.,V plates,tables ) port. ;

Edition:

The second edition.

Other Title:

Experimental enquiry concerning the natural powers of wind and water to turn mills and other machines depending on a circular motion.

Place of Publication:

London : printed for I. and J. Taylor, No. 56, High-Holborn, 1796.

Notes:

'An experimental examination' and 'New fundamental experiments' have separate titlepages.

With a final advertisement leaf.

Reproduction of original from Harvard University Cabot Science Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N3262.

OCLC:

642192336