| John Dwyer (Lithographer.) - 1847 - 172 Seiten
...BREAST WHEELS, He found their effect to be that of an undershot wheel whose head of water is equal to the difference of level between the surface of the water in the reservoir, and the part where it strikes the wheel added to that of an overshot wheel, whose height... | |
| Olinthus Gilbert Gregory - 1848 - 572 Seiten
...in cubic feet discharged through the pipe per minute, / = the length of the pipe in feet, and // = the difference of level between the surface of the water in the reservoir and at the end of the pipe, or the head ; then, any three of these quantities being given,... | |
| William Holms Chambers Bartlett - 1850 - 662 Seiten
...pump, augmented by the weight of a column of fluid whose base is the area of the piston, and altitude, the difference of level between the surface of the water in the reservoir and the discharge-pipe. Hence the quantity of work is estimated by the same rule, Eq. (244).... | |
| Dennis Hart Mahan - 1852 - 420 Seiten
...quantity of water must be drawn from the upper level to fill the lock to a height which is equal to the difference of level between the surface of the water in the two ; this height is termed the lift of the lock, and the volume of water required to pass a boat up... | |
| Joseph Glynn - 1853 - 210 Seiten
...wheel ; the effect of such a wheel will be equal to the effect of an undershot, whose head is equal to the difference of level between the surface of the water in the reservoir and the point where it strikes the wheel, added to that of an overshot, whose height is equal... | |
| Joseph Glynn - 1853 - 184 Seiten
...wheel; the effect of such a wheel will be equal to the effect of an undershot, whose head is equal to the difference of level between the surface of the water in the reservoir and the point where it strikes the wheel, added to that of an overshot, whose height is equal... | |
| William Holms Chambers Bartlett - 1853 - 462 Seiten
...pump, augmented by the weight of a column of fluid whose base is the area of the piston, and altitude the difference of level between the surface of the water in the reservoir and the discharge-pipe. Hence the quantity of work is estimated by the same rule, Equation... | |
| 1855 - 708 Seiten
...ORIFICES. Adopting this formula, the following were a few of tlie results obtained from the pipe '2\ inches diameter : Pipes 2J inches diameter 1,086 long...level between the surface of the water in the cistern ami the point of exit from the pipe, or the difference of level of the water in the upper and the lower... | |
| Augustus William Smith - 1855 - 368 Seiten
...h be the height of a column of water equivalent to one atmosphere, and x represent, in every case, the difference of level between the surface of the water in the tube and the open orifice, then the pressure of the air inward at B on a unit of surface will be h,... | |
| Augustus William Smith - 1855 - 340 Seiten
...h be the height of a column of water equivalent to one atmosphere, and x represent, in every case, the difference of level between the surface of the water in the tube and the open orifice, then the pressure of the air inward at B on a unit of surface will be h,... | |
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