Water power

£18.00

A booklet, 48pp., profusely illustrated with b/w and colour photographs, diagrams, drawings and maps.

Brief history of the development of watermills, especially Quarry Bank Mill, Styal.

Power from water; Industrial uses of water power; Water wheels and how they work; The force of water; The weight of water; Thomas Hewes; William Fairbairn; Water power and the factory; Water power and stream; Horse power and efficiency; Motive power at Styal; A replacement wheel for Styal and installation; Turbines at Styal.

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