The Flow of Water: A New Theory of the Motion of Water Under Pressure, and in Open Conduits and Its Practical Application (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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There is no branch of the science of physics on which more has been written than on hydraulics. The master minds of the last four centuries have wrestled with the problem and thread by thread they have torn away the veil Of mystery that enveloped the phenomenon of flow.

The universal mind of Leonardo da Vinci (1452 painter, sculptor, scientist and engineer, was the first to pierce the darkness and although he did not give his thoughts on the flow of water mathematical expression, we are to-day, with all the knowledge and experience gained since his time, astounded at his clear and comprehensive reasoning.

The great Galileo (1564-1642) admitted that he had less trouble in finding the law of motion of the planets millions of miles away than in discerning any law in the motion of water in the stream flowing at his feet.

Torricelli (1608 inventor of the barometer, investi gated the laws of falling bodies and found that the velocities of bodies falling free vary with the square roots Of the heights fallen through, or with vitt.

Huygens (1629 - 1695) first found the numerical value of g, the acceleration due to gravity; and following him Bernoulli was (in 1738) able to write the fundamental formula for the velocities of bodies falling free.

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