Elementary treatise on physics, experimental and applied : for the use of colleges and schools (1906)
Ganot, A. (Adolphe), 1804-1887, Atkinson, Edmund, 1831-1901, Reinold, A. W. (Arnold William), 1843-1921 · New York : Wood · leaf 152
w, since each particle of jet moves in the same curve, the jet itself takes the para-bolic form. In every parabola there is acertain point called the focus, andthe distance from the vertex to thefocus fixes the magnitude of a para-bola in much the same manner asthe distance from the centre to… … Fig. 135 are small in comparison with the dimensions of the vessel, the jets from orificesat different depths below the surface take different forms, as shown in fig. 135.If these are traced on paper held behind the jet, then, knowing the horizontaland vertical distances of any point of the jet…
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