Hydraulic engineering; a practical treatise on the principles of water pressure and flow and their application to the development of water power, including the calculation, design and construction of water wheels, turbines, and other details of hydraulic power plants (1909)
American School (Chicago, Ill.), Black, Adolph, Turneaure, Frederick Eugene, 1866- · Chicago American School of Correspondence · leaf 48
l to the average velocity ofthe flowing water multiplied by the cross-section of pipe. Veloci-ties are usually expressed in feet per second and discharge in cubicfeet per second or gallons per minute. The diameter of a pipe isalways given in inches. These differences in units make itdesirable to…
