Steam power plant auxiliaries and accessories; (1922)
Croft, Terrell, 1880- ed, Dufflin, Daniel John, 1911- ed · New York, [etc] McGraw-Hill book company, Inc · leaf 126
the water would haveafter freely falling through a distance of 100 ft. Note.—There Are Other Factors Which Have ConsiderableEffect upon the efficient operation of centrifugal pumps, such as elimi-nation of eddy currents, efficient transformation of kinetic energy topressure without shock, etc.… … Wmmz Fig. 128.—Vessel Fall-ing From Top Of A 100-Ft.Building. of its fall. Suppose there is a body, saya bucket of water, on the top of a building(Fig. 128) which is 100 ft. high. If thebucket is pushed off and allowed to fall,it will fall with a continuously increasingspeed until it strikes the…
Steam power plants · Pumping machinery
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