Smeaton's Apparatus for Determining the Efficiency of Water Wheels
- Made:
- 1988 (model); 1752 (original) in England
- maker:
- John Smeaton
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Facsimile model, scale 1:1, of John Smeaton's Water Wheel apparatus for "An Experimental Enquiry concerning the Natural Powers of Water and Wind to turn Mills..." (Phil Trans. Vol L1, 1759), after the original made in 1752. Model by John Horniblow, England, 1988.
Details
- Category:
- Motive Power
- Object Number:
- 1988-597
- Measurements:
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overall: 1810 x 1265 x 900 mm
weight: 84kg
weight: 185.18927lbs
- type:
- waterwheels, experimental models and models
- credit:
- Horniblow, J.
