Report_on_machinery_and_manufactures.pdf 48.9 MB
Report on Machinery and Manufactures, with an Account of European Manufacturing Districts. By Robert H Thurston, 1875 [See Chapter VIII, Hydraulic Motors, start p. 175]
Treatise_relative_to_the_testing_of_wate.pdf 52.8 MB
Treatise Relative to the Testing of Water-Wheels and Machinery; also of Inventions, Studies and Experiments with Suggestions from a Life's Experience. By James Emerson, 6th Edtion, 1894, 569 pages [Dr Bronner pales in comparison! Be sure to check out latter part of book for ultimate wisdom and religious and moral guidance - ca. p. 410-420++]
Water_power_engineering.pdf 53.4 MB
Water power engineering: the theory, investigation and development of Water Powers. By Daniel Webster Mead, Volume 1908, Part 2 - 787 pages
Water_power_engineering_ed2.pdf 77.7 MB
Water power engineering: the theory, investigation and development of water powers. By Daniel Webster Mead, Edition: 2 - 1915 - 843 pages
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Principles_of_construction_and_efficienc.pdf 3.2 MB
Electricity_for_the_farm.pdf 4.7 MB
Electricity for the farm: light, heat and power by inexpensive methods from the water wheel or farm engine. By Frederick Irving Anderson, 1919, 265 pages
Water_wheels.pdf 4.8 MB
Hydraulic_motors.pdf 11.1 MB
Hydraulic motors: with related
subjects, including centrifuga
Treatise_on_mills_and_millwork.pdf 13.8MB
Treatise on mills and millwork, Part 1, on the principles of mechanism and on prime movers, 2nd Ed. By Sir William Fairbairn, 1864, 306+ pages. [Most relevant here is probably Section III "Prime Movers" especially Chapters III & IV dealing with water wheels.]
Cyclopedia_of_Civil_Engineering__Hydraul.pdf 17.7 MB
Cyclopedia of Civil Engineering: Volume 8, Hydraulics; water power; waterways; index. By American School (Chicago, Ill.), 1908, 440+ pages
Hydraulic_machinery.pdf 24.0 MB
A_compendium_of_mechanics_or_text_book_f.pdf 3.9 MB
A compendium of mechanics or text book for engineers, mill-wrights, machine-makers, founders, smiths, &c. containing practical rules and tables connected with the steam engine, water wheel, force pump, and mechanics in general: also examples for each rule, calculated in common decimal arithmetic, which renders this treatise particularly adapted for the use of operative mechanics. By Robert Brunton, Glasgow, 1824, 132+ pages ["Water Wheel" chapter pp. 108-121]
Intermediate_lessons_in_natural_philosop.pdf 6.7 MB
Intermediate lessons in natural philosophy By Edwin James Houston, 1881, 207 pages. [Very basic & lean on water wheel substance, but nice old wheel graphics on pages 95-96.]
The_operative_mechanic__and_British_mach.pdf 44.6 MB
The operative mechanic, and British machinist: being a practical display of the manufactories and mechanical arts of the United Kingdom, Volume 1. By John Nicholson, Esq., Civil Engineer, London 1825, 795 pages [Water Section pp 64-121 deals with "Water-Mills"]