Handbook of mechanical and electrical cost data, giving shipping weights, capacities, outputs, and net prices of machines and apparatus, and detailed costs of installation, maintenance, depreciation and operation, together with many principles and data relating to engineering economics (1918)
Gillette, Halbert Powers, 1869-, Dana, Richard Turner, 1876-1928, joint author · New York, McGraw-Hill · leaf 748
in short pipes under the same condition of watervalue. The third will control in either long or short pipes when thevalue of; the water is considerable. HYDRO-ELECTRIC PLANTS 725 Smallest Pipe. Returning to the first question, it is evident thatsmallest possible pipe is the one which «iust work at… … 4.0 6.0 8,0 10.0 12 0 11.0 16.0 18.0 20.0 22.0 24,0 26.0 28.0Cost of Pipe Line, in Thousands of Dollars Fig. 7A. diameter when the total available head is fixed and the quantityof water is unlimited? This is now in the form of an old familiarproblem, the solution of which is as follows: If there…