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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    [«] city with which the Water flows thro8 the Hole is equal to the Velocity ac? quired by falling in vacuo through one half of the Space The true Quantity of Water dis¬ charged will likewife be had by fup- pofing the Velocity with which the W ater flows through the' Hole to be equal to that which a heavy Body will acquire in falling in vacuo through the Space ~_a,, and the Hole to be conn added and its Area leffened in the Proportion of 441 to 62 5 or 1 to v2. for, fincethe Quantity of Water difeharged is as the Velocity with which the Water flows through the Hole, the Area of the Hole, and Time of the Mo¬ tion taken together, it is evident that the fame Quantity of Water will be difeharged in a given Time, whether the Velocity acquired in falling