Steam engines, prepared in the Extension division of the University of Wisconsin (1919)
Shealy, Edward Marvin · New York, McGraw-Hill · leaf 287
the same as those taking place with water. If a hose nozzle be directed against a board arranged as shownin Fig. 164, the water flowing from the nozzle will exert a pressureon the board as indicated by the scale at the left. The pressureexerted upon the board will depend upon the velocity of the… … Fig. 164. the board almost perpendicular to its surface it will exert amuch larger pressure. With the arrangement of the nozzle and board shown in Fig.164 it will be appreciated that the stream of water will break andcause it to splash. This reduces the pressure which the streamof water can exert.…
Steam-engines
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