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Handbook of the steam-engine. Containing all the rules required for the right construction and management of engines of every class, with the easy arithmetical solution of those rules. Constituting a key to the 'Catechism of the steam-engine.' (1874)

Bourne, John · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 427

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nd r x also == 5 feet, then (b f)2 = 25,and (f x)2 = 25, and 25 + 25 = 50, consequently b x = V 50 = 7nearly. The length of the immersed triangular outline is conse-quently 7 x 4 = 28 feet, whereas the length of the rectangularoutline = 3 x 10 = 30 feet. As the resistance due to the frictionof the… … that the cross-section should be of the order of figure indicatedas the best for the horizontal water-lines; and the same con-siderations which led to the conclusion that this form wouldoffer the least resistance in the case of a body moving throughstationary water lead also to the conclusion that…

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