Elementary natural philosophy : designed for high schools and academies (1881)
Griffin, La Roy F. (La Roy Freese), 1844-1916 · Philadelphia : Sower, Potts & Co. · leaf 82
72 MECHANICS OF LIQUIDS. water into any one of the vessels connected by the tube,the liquid rises to an equal height in all.* 254% Upon this principle, cities are supplied with water. A reservoir A, Fig. 87, is constructed upon an elevation, andconnected by an underground pipe B with the place… … Fig. 87. water is required, as the house D. Then since water is in equi-librium at the same level, it rises as high as the reservoir. Sorivers may be crossed readily by laying the pipe underneath thewater upon the bed of the stream, as shown at B. A fountain issimply an upward jet made by inserting…
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