Flow of Water through Pipes.—A
series of experiments on the flow of water through circular pipes was
made by Hamilton Smith, Jr., at the works of the North Bloomfield
Mining Company and at New Alma-den, in Santa Clara County, California.
The details of these experiments were communicated by him to the
American Society of Civil Engineers.
The
following table (XXII.), compiled by Mr. Smith, shows the results of 88
experiments as to the discharge of water through circular pipes "
varying from 4 feet to 1/2 inch in diameter," and with velocities varying from 20 feet to 1/6 of
a foot per second. The standard of measure used was that of the United
States Coast Survey. The temperature of the water in Nos. 35 to 87 was
about 650 Fahr.; in the other experiments,, from 500 to 55° Fahr.
