Tests of the pumps and wells of the University of Illinois (1914)
Lewis, John Edwin, Reilly, Raymond Thomas · leaf 28
s equivalent to 1500 pounds were added and the watch wasstopped when the beam began to rise. From these readings the gal-lons per minute pumped were computed. Wells 1 and 2 affored no opportunity for weighing thewater discharged so another method, which was not so accurate, wasemployed. The… … In the upper photographis shown the weighing tank aslocated at well number 4. Inthe lower picture is shownthe pump as seen from thedoor-way. The lower gage inthe rear is the pressure gageon the air pipe. The othergage is connected to the dis-charge pipe, and was used toread the added head…
Wells · Pumping machinery · Theses
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