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olumn ofwater 2.4 feet high (at the temperature corresponding to 60 pounds pressure) to give astatic pressure of 1 pound per square inch. The height of a column that would give astatic pressure of 60 pounds would therefore be 60x2.4 = 144 feet. To find the weight of water in the pipe, we multiply… … Fig. 2.—Illustrating the Water Ram in Blow-off Pipes. one pound. The area of a 3-inch circle is 7.07 square inches, and the distance from theboiler to the blow-cock, in the present case, is 66 inches. Hence the volume of the pipeis 66x7.07=467 cubic inches (in round numbers). Taking the density of…
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