Hydraulic Tables, Coefficients, and Formulae: For Finding the Discharge of Water from Orifices, Notches, Weirs, Pipes, and Rivers |
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... velocity as those undermost , which , being too large by one - third , the ... velocity due to the fall and the velocity of water wheels to give a maximum ... approach has to be considered are pointed out in pages 88 to 124 , and it is ...
... velocity as those undermost , which , being too large by one - third , the ... velocity due to the fall and the velocity of water wheels to give a maximum ... approach has to be considered are pointed out in pages 88 to 124 , and it is ...
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... APPROACH AND OVERFALL , and for various heads from 4th of an inch up to 6 feet . TABLE II . embodies the velocities acquired by falling bodies under the head of " theoretical velocity ... velocity of approach to orifices and weirs , and the ...
... APPROACH AND OVERFALL , and for various heads from 4th of an inch up to 6 feet . TABLE II . embodies the velocities acquired by falling bodies under the head of " theoretical velocity ... velocity of approach to orifices and weirs , and the ...
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... VELOCITY OF APPROACH- CENTRAL AND MEAN VELOCITIES - VARIOUS PRAC TICAL FORMULE FOR THE DISCHARGE OVER WEIRS AND NOTCHES , SECTION V. SUBMERGED ORIFICES AND WEIRS - CON- TRACTED RIVER CHANNELS SECTION VI . SHORT TUBES , MOUTH - PIECES ...
... VELOCITY OF APPROACH- CENTRAL AND MEAN VELOCITIES - VARIOUS PRAC TICAL FORMULE FOR THE DISCHARGE OVER WEIRS AND NOTCHES , SECTION V. SUBMERGED ORIFICES AND WEIRS - CON- TRACTED RIVER CHANNELS SECTION VI . SHORT TUBES , MOUTH - PIECES ...
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... Velocities from the Altitudes and the Altitudes from the Velocities TABLE III . Square Roots for finding the Effects of the Velocity of Approach , when the Orifice is small in proportion to the Head . Also , for finding the In- crease ...
... Velocities from the Altitudes and the Altitudes from the Velocities TABLE III . Square Roots for finding the Effects of the Velocity of Approach , when the Orifice is small in proportion to the Head . Also , for finding the In- crease ...
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... velocity of approach , are both known , we can determine the new coefficient of discharge by the above expression , and thence the discharge itself . The coefficient suited to the velocity of approach may however be found directly in ...
... velocity of approach , are both known , we can determine the new coefficient of discharge by the above expression , and thence the discharge itself . The coefficient suited to the velocity of approach may however be found directly in ...
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acre average Avoirdupois Bossut Buāt Buāt'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 Buāt'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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