Excerpt from Hydraulic Tables: Showing the Loss of Head Due to the Friction of Water Flowing in Pipes, Aqueducts, Sewers, Etc. And the Discharge Over WeirsThe most commonly used formula for determining the velocity of ¿ow of water in pipes and channels is the Chezy formula, namely.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.