 | B. Lambert - 1806 - 624 pages
...seven hundred and forty-six movements; which work ninetythree thousand seven hundred andtwenty-six yards of silk thread, every time the water-wheel goes round, which is thrice in one minute. One water-wheel gives motion to the rest of the wheels and movements, of which... | |
 | Robert Vaughan - 1863 - 696 pages
...than by any other way. The engine contains 36,586 wheels, and 97,746 movements, which works 73,736 yards of silk thread every time the waterwheel goes round, which is thrice in one minute, and 318,504,960 yards in one day and night. One waterwheel gives motion to all... | |
 | Robert Vaughan - 1863 - 684 pages
...better than by any other way. The engine contains 26,586 wheels, and 97,746 movements, which works 73,726 yards of silk thread every time the waterwheel goes round, which is thrice in one minute, and 318,504,960 yards in one day and night. One waterwheel gives motion to all... | |
 | Henry Richard Fox Bourne - 1866 - 464 pages
...work 73,726 yards of organzine silk thread every time the water wheel goes round, being thrice in one minute, and 318,504,960 yards in one day and night. One water-wheel gives motion to all the other movements, of which any one may be stopped separately, without obstructing the rest. One fire-engine... | |
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Water-wheel goes round, which is three times in one Minute, and 318,504,960 Yards in one Day and Night. One Waterwheel gives Motion to all the rest of the Wheels and Movements, of which any one may be stopt separately. 