Excerpt from Journal of the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania and Mechanics' Register, Vol. 1: Devoted to Mechanical and Physical Science, Civil Engineering, the Arts and Manufactures, and the Recording of American and Other Patented InventionsThe deductions of the Committee on Water Power, from the elabo rate series of experiments made by them, and already published in the Journal, will be furnished in this new series, the first part being pre pared for the February number. The valuable abstract of patents.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.