Experimental enquiry concerning the natural powers of wind and water to turn mills and other machines depending on a circular motion.
Subtitle: 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: By the late Mr. John Smeaton, F.R.S.
Edition: The 2d ed.
Publisher: Printed for S. and J. Taylor
Published: 1796
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 110
Subjects: Windmills -- Early works to 1800.; Water-wheels -- Early works to 1800.; Mechanical engineering -- Early works to 1800.
Notes: Includes special t.-p.: An experimental examination of the quantity and proportion of mechanic power ...; New fundamental experiments upon the collision of bodies ...