Recent cotton mill construction and engineering (1894)
Nasmith, Joseph · London : J. Heywood · leaf 64
ik^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 61 water supply. It is always considered desirable tohave two sources of supply, but of these an elevatedtank should always be one. This is usually placedin a tower, the altitude of which is such that the … Fig. 22. base of the tank is not less than fifteen feet abovethe highest sprinkler head, and a minimum pressureof seven pounds to the square inch is desirable.The weight of a column of water lin. square and 62 12in. high being 434, the pressure per square inchcan be calculated by multiplying the…
Textile factories -- Design and construction · Cotton manufacture · Cotton machinery
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