Abstract
The experiments were conducted by the writer, on the Providence, R. I., Water Works, a number of years since, at the request of Mr. S. M. Gray, City Engineer. At the time they were commenced, it was merely the intention to ascertain the force of water ram that could be generated above the static pressure, in a wrought-iron pipe of 1½ inches in diameter, under different conditions. But the character of the results obtained from this pipe led to miscellaneous experiments being made, with a line of cast and wrought-iron pipes of other sizes. To these pipes was connected a small air chamber, that could be used or thrown out of service at pleasure.
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