A letter to Dr. Cheyne : containing an account of the motion of water through orifices and pipes; and an answer to Dr. Morgan's remarks on Dr. Robinson's Treatise of the animal oeconomy.

  • Bryan Robinson
Date:
1735
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Credit: A letter to Dr. Cheyne : containing an account of the motion of water through orifices and pipes; and an answer to Dr. Morgan's remarks on Dr. Robinson's Treatise of the animal oeconomy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ *3 ] fiance from the Surface of the Wa ¬ ter, be all equal, and what Relation the Velocity of Water flowing through a Hole bears to the Velo¬ city of Water flowing through a Pipe of an equal Diameter and at an equal perpendicular Diftance from the Surface of the Water, 1 got Mr. Stokesy a skilful and accurate Ma¬ thematical Inftrument - maker in this City, to make a very exa£t apparatus for afcertaining thefe Things by Experiments. And from the Experiments I compofed the two following Tables. The firft Table contains, in the flrft Column the Time of the Dis¬ charge in Seconds, in the fecond the perpendicular Heights of the Water above the Hole in London Feet, in the third the Diameters of the Holes in Parts of an Inch, in the fourth the Weights of Water difcharged in Ounces Troy, and in