Hydraulic and Excavation Tables [Hardcover] United States Department of the Interior

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Excerpt from Hydraulic and Excavation Tables In the present edition, several tables have been added and others have been expanded. A table of velocities for new has been computed, this value being indicated by experiments as being sometimes applicable to steel umes of the smooth interior type. Tables of hydraulic functions for circular sections. Horseshoe sec tions, and semicircular umes for various depths of water have’ been added, and the tables of functions of trapezoidal sections have been expanded by the inclusion of values by 2-foot increments between 20 feet and 32 feet bottom width. Two tables for discharge of sub merged orifices are reprinted from the booklet The Measurement of Irrigation Water, published by the Service. The tables for ow through pipes are new; those for wood stave pipe are based upon the formula of Mr. Fred C. Scobey, for pipes of other materials the hazen-williams formula is used. The table of velocity heads has been expanded by the inclusion of an extended set of values for small heads. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.”