FLUMES AND FLUMING CLASSIC REPRINT

ISBN: 9780282509705 Géneros: TB Sinópsis: Excerpt from Flumes and FlumingThe matter Of grade in flume construction is one of great impor tance Itis not always possible to vary the location so as to maintain an equable or steady even grade in all portions of a flume line but wherever it can be accomplished without incurring too great an expense it should always be done Flume Operators have found the question of satisfactory grade to be one of the most important features of successfully fluming material since where there is a stretch Of comparatively flat grade the supply Of water may be ample to nearly fill the flume but upon arrival at a point in the flume line where the descent is very abrupt the accelerated speed Of the water reduces its volume to a small amount in the bottom of the flume and consequently results in the flumed material rub bing or sliding down the descent for a long distance on the sides of the V Such action wears out the lining very rapidly necessitates its being frequently renewed and produces a dangerous condition through the liability of the material to jam and pile up and either be thrown out Of the flume or break it down as a result Of the in creased weightAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books Find more at wwwforgottenbookscomThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work Forgotten Books uses stateoftheart 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