Water Power: The Development and Application of the Energy of Flowing Water

This special re-print edition of "Water Power" by Joseph P. Frizell was written in 1910, making it well over a century old. This massive tome, comprising of hundreds of pages, is an essential addition to the collections of all who are interested in the historic development of power sources. This book covers topics including Natural Watercourses, Dams for Water-Power, Construction of Dams, Storage-Reservoirs and Reservoir-Dams, Hydraulic, Motors, Water-Wheels, Turbines, Testing Water-Wheels and many more. Also contains hand-drawn diagrams and mathematical equations. Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As a result, some characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections, blurring, or minor shadows in the page background. This book appears exactly as it did when it was first printed.