Hydraulic Tables, Coefficients, and Formulae, for Finding the Discharge of Water from Orifices, Notches, Weirs, Pipes, and Rivers |
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... Increase of Head . ( See pp . 91 to 99. ) TABLE IV . For finding the discharge PAGES 436-437 438-447 448-449 through Rectan- h gular Orifices ; in which n = d Also , for finding the Effects of the Velocity of Approach to Weirs , and the ...
... Increase of Head . ( See pp . 91 to 99. ) TABLE IV . For finding the discharge PAGES 436-437 438-447 448-449 through Rectan- h gular Orifices ; in which n = d Also , for finding the Effects of the Velocity of Approach to Weirs , and the ...
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... increase from 603 to 974 or 956 , for a passage not exceeding a couple of feet in length . former the discharge would be 7.976 x cubic feet , and with the latter 7.976 × 956 = : 7.625 cubic feet . The latter results may be found other ...
... increase from 603 to 974 or 956 , for a passage not exceeding a couple of feet in length . former the discharge would be 7.976 x cubic feet , and with the latter 7.976 × 956 = : 7.625 cubic feet . The latter results may be found other ...
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... increased to '91 . EXAMPLE 14. - What is the discharge from a river having a surface inclination of 18 inches per mile , or 1 in 3520 , 40 feet wide , with nearly vertical banks , and 3 feet deep ? The area is 40 × 3 = 120 feet , and ...
... increased to '91 . EXAMPLE 14. - What is the discharge from a river having a surface inclination of 18 inches per mile , or 1 in 3520 , 40 feet wide , with nearly vertical banks , and 3 feet deep ? The area is 40 × 3 = 120 feet , and ...
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... increasing the dimensions of a channel every way , by only one - third , its discharging power is more than doubled . See TABLE XIII . EXAMPLE 21. - Water flowing down a river rises to a height of 10 inches on a weir 62 feet long ; to ...
... increasing the dimensions of a channel every way , by only one - third , its discharging power is more than doubled . See TABLE XIII . EXAMPLE 21. - Water flowing down a river rises to a height of 10 inches on a weir 62 feet long ; to ...
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... increases with the latitude , and decreases with the altitude above the level of the sea , but not to any consider- able extent . If λ be the latitude , and h the altitude , in feet , above the mean sea level , then it may be generally ...
... increases with the latitude , and decreases with the altitude above the level of the sea , but not to any consider- able extent . If λ be the latitude , and h the altitude , in feet , above the mean sea level , then it may be generally ...
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acre average Avoirdupois Bossut Buât Buât's calculated catchment cent centre channel cloth boards coefficient of discharge coefficient of velocity column contraction cost crest cubic feet cubic foot cylindrical d₁ d₂ diagram diaphragm discharge in cubic Ditto drainage drains Du Buât's Edition effect engine equal equation experiments Falls per mile feet per minute feet per second finding the discharge flowing foot formula friction gallons give given h₁ head due heads measured hydraulic inclination hydraulic mean depth Illustrated inches per second increase Interpolated junction Killaloe length loss of head maximum mean radius mean velocity multiplied nearly notch orifice of entry pipe practical RALPH TATE ratio reservoir Revolutions per minute river RIVER ROBE SCOTT BURN sewers short tube side square square mile supply surface theoretical thin plates tical tion Treatise vary velocity of approach velocity of discharge weir wheel width Woodcuts
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