Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAP. I INTRODUCTION
- CHAP. II DRAINAGE BY GRAVITATION
- CHAP. III FIELD DRAINAGE
- CHAP. IV DRAINAGE BY STEAM POWER
- CHAP. V THE SCOOP WHEEL
- CHAP. VI THE ARCHIMEDEAN SCREW PUMP
- CHAP. VII THE CENTRIFUGAL PUMP
- CHAP. VIII DESCRIPTION OF PUMPING STATIONS
- APPENDIX
- TABLE I Explanation of terms used
- TABLE II Weights and measures relating to water; French weights and measures, and their equivalents in English terms
- TABLE III Rules for ascertaining the pressure and velocity of water
- TABLE IV Formula for finding the velocity of water in open channels
- TABLE V For finding the quantity of water due to rainfall discharged off the land, and the horse-power required for raising the same
- TABLE VI For finding the discharge of water through sluices
- TABLE VII For finding the quantity of water due to twenty-four hour' rainfall if discharged in a limited time owing to a sluice being closed by the tide
- TABLE VIII For ascertaining the time the doors of a sluice are closed by the tide
- TABLE IX For ascertaining the height of the tide at any hour during ebb and flood
- TABLE X For finding the horse-power required for pumping engines
- TABLE XI Showing the dimensions and capacity of drains and sluices and the area of land for which they are adapted
- INDEX
- Plate section
TABLE IV - Formula for finding the velocity of water in open channels
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2014
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAP. I INTRODUCTION
- CHAP. II DRAINAGE BY GRAVITATION
- CHAP. III FIELD DRAINAGE
- CHAP. IV DRAINAGE BY STEAM POWER
- CHAP. V THE SCOOP WHEEL
- CHAP. VI THE ARCHIMEDEAN SCREW PUMP
- CHAP. VII THE CENTRIFUGAL PUMP
- CHAP. VIII DESCRIPTION OF PUMPING STATIONS
- APPENDIX
- TABLE I Explanation of terms used
- TABLE II Weights and measures relating to water; French weights and measures, and their equivalents in English terms
- TABLE III Rules for ascertaining the pressure and velocity of water
- TABLE IV Formula for finding the velocity of water in open channels
- TABLE V For finding the quantity of water due to rainfall discharged off the land, and the horse-power required for raising the same
- TABLE VI For finding the discharge of water through sluices
- TABLE VII For finding the quantity of water due to twenty-four hour' rainfall if discharged in a limited time owing to a sluice being closed by the tide
- TABLE VIII For ascertaining the time the doors of a sluice are closed by the tide
- TABLE IX For ascertaining the height of the tide at any hour during ebb and flood
- TABLE X For finding the horse-power required for pumping engines
- TABLE XI Showing the dimensions and capacity of drains and sluices and the area of land for which they are adapted
- INDEX
- Plate section
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- The Drainage of Fens and Low LandsBy Gravitation and Steam Power, pp. 161Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013