Greenhill, G. (George), Sir, 1847-1927 · London and New York, Macmillan and Co. · leaf 25
ngle of theconical plug being a, then a lift of x ins of the valve will 14 THE PRESSURE GAUGE. give an annular area of internal diameter (l—2x tan a ins,and therefore of area ttx tan a{d — x tan a) in^. But if we consider the valve as a flat disc, of d insdiameter, a lift of x ins will give -wdx… … Fig. 5. This consists essentially of a tube AB, bent into thearc of a circle, closed at one end A, and communicatingat the other end B with the vessel containing the fluidwhose pressure is to be measured. The cross section of the tube AB is flattened orelliptical, the longer diameter standing at…
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