A Second Investigation of the Transporting Capacity of Currents of Water: Thesis (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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In order to simplify the problem, and to make definite results possible Spheres were used as the form of the bodies to be transported. In this way the variation due to dissimilarity of form.was eliminated, and more accurate determination of the other variables could be made. In the previous experiments the following variables were considered, all of the other variables being kept constant, velocity of water, diameter of spheres used specific gravity of the materials and the velocity of the spheres. In the latter experiments an additional variable was introduced.

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