A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water, ancient and modern : with observations on various subjects connected with the mechanic arts: including the progressive development of the steam engine (1876)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York : Scribner, Armstrong · leaf 493
ce. The area of tlie sectionof the smallest or most contracted part Will be to the orifice as 10 to 16according to Bossut, but when a short cylindrical tube was applied to theorifice, he found the contraction as 10 to 12.3. (The same thing occurswhether the opening be made in the side or bottom of… … No.«M. No. 202. By substituting for K a compound tube of the form and proportionsfigured at No. 201, the quantity discharged has been ascertained to !>,more than doubled, being to that delivered by the orifice in the tin pla».ofl 24 to 10 ! A, the cistern; B, a short conical tube connecting the…
Pumping machinery
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