Chapter 228 (2/2)

Pulley has been around for quite a long time in Europe. In addition to the stone bear, which is a passer-by, it is natural to use pulley to pull the water wheel.

Although the waterwheel looks big, the actual weight is not big. After all, it is made of wood.

In addition, if the weight of the water wheel is too big, the current can't make the water wheel turn smoothly. Therefore, when building these two small water tankers, Shi Xiong specially told Lao Mu's family to pay attention to this aspect.

With the efforts of more than 20 men, the water tanker with a diameter of about 10 meters was erected safely. Then, under the command of these men, they held some other ropes, and the two thick ropes tied to the main shaft of the waterwheel were the most used.

Under the pull of these men, the newly erected water tanker was successfully lifted off the ground again. Several men pulled the auxiliary rope to control the vertical posture of the water tanker, and then slowly moved the water tanker to the two thick wooden frames standing on the bank.

When the main shaft of the water truck was successfully placed on the support bush of the water frame, all the people cheered.

For these Indians, this big guy with a height of more than 10 meters is really a big guy, not to mention that this big guy was made by his own people. Now this big guy is standing in the river, which is a breakthrough they want.

The two grandsons of Kuaima, rigbone and old wood quickly climbed up the support of the waterwheel, and then began to fasten the main shaft of the waterwheel and the bearing bush of the support with tools. After this work is finished, the erection of the water tanker is over.

When all the people on the waterwheel came down, the stone bear began to command the man standing below to let go of the rope.

The current in the littleriver river is relatively fast, which can exert enough force on the water wheel. In addition, cylindrical roller bearings are used as the rotation support between the main shaft and the bracket of the water truck, so it only needs a little force, and the water truck can rotate.

But just now they were fastening the water wheel, so they couldn't let it turn. At this time, the waterwheel has been completely fastened, so naturally the big guy can start to rotate.

As everyone watched, the fast-moving river began to exert enough power on the horizontal plates fixed on the outer circle of the water wheel, and then the horizontal plates were pushed by the current to drive the water wheel to rotate slowly.

Although the rotation speed was very slow at the beginning, the sight that such a big guy could rotate by himself without any human power still made many people marvel. Some people even knelt on the ground and began to pray. In their eyes, this scene can be called ”miracle”.

There is no water bucket installed on the two water tankers, but a slender wooden bucket is installed on the outside of each horizontal plate. The barrel is not placed horizontally, but at an angle of about 30 degrees. This way, when the barrel is out of the water, it will be filled with about two-thirds of the water. However, because the mouth of the barrel is inclined upward, the water in the barrel will not flow out.

However, when the first bucket filled with water turns to the top and continues to turn downward, the original bucket with an upward slant will turn into a bucket mouth and rush down, so that the water inside will flow out and finally fall into a pre built channel, and the water will flow down the channel quickly

In fact, by this time, the erection of the waterwheel has been completed, and the erection of the waterwheel is extremely successful. At least the first function of this water tanker, water pumping, has been fully realized.

Of course, the next step is to test whether the waterwheel can successfully drive other loads. After all, the main shaft of the waterwheel faces the shore, but it has a fixed gear

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