Hydraulic tables ... for finding the discharge of water from orifices [&c.]. |
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acre Altitudes angle average Bossut bottom Buât c₁ calculated catchment catchment basin cent channel coefficient of discharge coefficient of velocity column contraction cost crest cubic feet cubic foot cylinder engine cylindrical d₁ d₂ diagram diaphragm discharge in cubic Ditto drainage Du Buât effect engine English feet equal equation experiments feet per minute feet per second find the discharge foot friction gallons gauge give given h₁ h₂ head due heads measured hydraulic inclination hydraulic mean depth inch diameter inches per second increase Interpolated junction length loss of head maximum mean velocity measures in English minor drains multiplied nearly notch orifice of entry pipes quantity of water rain rain-fall ratio rectangular reservoir resistance Revolutions per minute River Robe rivers sewers short tube square mile submain supply theoretical thin plate tion vary velocity of approach velocity of discharge weir wheel yards
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Page 377 - The aperture being the same, the effect will be nearly as the cube of the velocity of the water.
Page 124 - This formula is submitted at present temporarily, as being accurate enough for use for ordinary practical purposes, for the measurement of water by notches similar to the one experimented on, and for quantities of water limited to nearly the same range as those in the experiments ; but as being, of course, subject to amendment by more perfect experiments extending through a wider range of quantities of water.
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Page 121 - ... and laterally, so as to form a bottom to the channel of approach, which will both be smooth and will serve as the lower bounding surface of a passage of approach, unchanging in form, while increasing in magnitude at the places, at least, which are adjacent to the vertex of the notch. The floor may...