HERALD BATTERY.
This battery made its first working start to-day, and as far as the turbine went, everything worked satisfactorily. There was one noticeable defect, however, and that was, there was a great waste of power, it being necessary to use a large amount of water to get sufficient pressure to work the turbine, which it did satisfactorily enoughl considering that there was only 181bs to the inch, pressure, as tested by the guage. On the water being turned off from the Moanatairi battery the guage showed a pressure'of 281bs, and .the stampers went much quicker. As there is only a 10-inch pipe supplying this battery together with the Moanatairi and Kuranui mills, it may be that the pipe is too small for supplying the lot, but be that as it may it was ■ evidently no fault of the turbine's that it did not work as quickly as expected. It may be stated that the turbine was constructed to work at a pressure of between 60 and 60lbs, , and its performance with a pressure so considerably lower, was satisfactory. The parties using the mill are Dunn and party, Moanatairi tributers, and Fergusson and party, tributers of the . Black Angel mine.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THS18770613.2.14.2
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2630, 13 June 1877, Page 2
Word count
Tapeke kupu
200HERALD BATTERY. Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2630, 13 June 1877, Page 2
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in