释义 |
breast-wheel|ˈbrɛsthwiːl| A water-wheel, in which the water is admitted to the float-board nearly on a level with the axle.
1759Smeaton in Phil. Trans. LI. 137 To examine the effects when the impulse and weight are combined, as in the several kinds of breast-wheels, etc. 1831Lardner Hydrostatics x. 203 A breast wheel partakes of the nature of the overshot and undershot wheels. |