The Elements of Practical Hydraulics ...1861 |
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... breadth- namely , om.20 = 0.656 ft .; the heights were successively 0.656 , 0.328 , 0.164 , 0.098 , 0.065 , and 0.0328 feet . The charges ex- tended from 0.33 feet to 5.58 feet . With each orifice they repeated the experiments , taking ...
... breadth- namely , om.20 = 0.656 ft .; the heights were successively 0.656 , 0.328 , 0.164 , 0.098 , 0.065 , and 0.0328 feet . The charges ex- tended from 0.33 feet to 5.58 feet . With each orifice they repeated the experiments , taking ...
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... breadth of the stream is affected in its flow by the end contractions , and consequently the proposed formula would not apply . In practical construction it is nearly always possible so to proportion the weir , that the length may not ...
... breadth of the stream is affected in its flow by the end contractions , and consequently the proposed formula would not apply . In practical construction it is nearly always possible so to proportion the weir , that the length may not ...
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... breadth of 64-94 feet , and a mean depth of 4.1 feet ; the overfall being a plank well squared , and 0.1312 feet thick , the upper edge being placed truly horizontal , and 0.656 feet above the bench - mark . At each extremity a ver ...
... breadth of 64-94 feet , and a mean depth of 4.1 feet ; the overfall being a plank well squared , and 0.1312 feet thick , the upper edge being placed truly horizontal , and 0.656 feet above the bench - mark . At each extremity a ver ...
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... breadth . The thin plate was a piece of iron fender plate , barely 0.0052 ft . thick ; and the broad crest was an apron formed of deal boards 3 ft . long , roughly planed over , and fastened on to the outer edge of the vertical overfall ...
... breadth . The thin plate was a piece of iron fender plate , barely 0.0052 ft . thick ; and the broad crest was an apron formed of deal boards 3 ft . long , roughly planed over , and fastened on to the outer edge of the vertical overfall ...
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... breadth 30.44 ft . , the horizontal area is 3503.6 square feet , and the vertical depth from centre of sluice to lower reach 1.0763 feet , the charge being 6.3945 feet ; hence , the cubic content of the lower portion , that is , the ...
... breadth 30.44 ft . , the horizontal area is 3503.6 square feet , and the vertical depth from centre of sluice to lower reach 1.0763 feet , the charge being 6.3945 feet ; hence , the cubic content of the lower portion , that is , the ...
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