. The cyclopaedia; or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature. Encyclopedias and dictionaries. VTATER. th«fe b«og unitfd together, will caufe them to (hut both chine working 24 hour, wiU raife .34400 pints (French).or oanher^Th aperture for this vaWe i, of a reaangular 45,2 cub,c feet Engl'ff. of water to a of 15 f^t togecner. x ">- "f j ,j,j,[,_ -pj^p water railed by this machine is equal to f the A valve in two leaves, fuch as is called a butterfly-valve, power of a man, according to our ftandard. may alfo be hinged in the middle o too much obftruft the wa
. The cyclopaedia; or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature. Encyclopedias and dictionaries. VTATER. th«fe b«og unitfd together, will caufe them to (hut both chine working 24 hour, wiU raife .34400 pints (French).or oanher^Th aperture for this vaWe i, of a reaangular 45,2 cub,c feet Engl'ff. of water to a of 15 f^t togecner. x ">- "f j ,j,j,[,_ -pj^p water railed by this machine is equal to f the A valve in two leaves, fuch as is called a butterfly-valve, power of a man, according to our ftandard. may alfo be hinged in the middle o too much obftruft the water-way. may^aifobe hinged in the middle of the opening, but would M. Montgolfier recommends the pipe or body of the ram ^.^nrh obftruA the water-way. When the mam pipe is to be of an equal diameter through the whole length ; and oT^a large rrte (for ikan'ce, two feet or upwards,) all internal irregularities are to be avoided, becaufe they IftopTalve may be made in three, four, or more leaves dimmifh the velocity of the water: the ftrength of the Snneaed together by mechanifm, to Veneuan win- (hou d be at leaft equal to fuftain a column of twice the COnneciea logcmc. u, height to which it is intended to raife the water. **°Inother kind of valve is poifed upon an axis, like a com- He fays, that he executed one with a fall of ,0 feet. inon fire-ftove chimney damper; the axis does not paf, which comprefred the air man air-vefTel to an equal degree S^ouffh its centre, but divides it into two unequal fegments. with 40 atmofpheres. which, taking the preffure of the at- The vTe is not opened fo far as to (land in the line of the mofphere equal to 33 feet of water makes the preffure current of water, but, when opened, ftands inclined to that equal a colunin of water . 320 feet m height cu^en ; fo that the larger fegment being placed towards Improved hydrauhc Montgolfier, the fon of the ftream the latter may by its adion (hut it at the proper the uiventor, has re
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