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It is of course understood that (3) is not the real solution 

 of (2) and that no closed solution of (2) is possible. Never- 

 theless in this range of velocity from to 1406 miles per 

 hour, the greatest differences between the planimeter deter- 

 minations of (2) and the values computed from (3) are not 

 greater than the errors in the planimeter values. It is also 

 evident that by (3) the value of 5+P' will become zero, 

 when V =(or = ^ , which seems to be a reasonable result. In 

 order to test equation (3) for a wider range of temperature, 

 a planimeter determination of ( 2 ) was made for a temperature 

 t = lOO^C or T= 373. The case where n = 100 and r = 100 



b -\- F' 

 was selected. The value of was found to be 0.4612. 







The value computed from (3) is 0.4580, giving a difference 

 of + 0.0032. 



If an opening be made in the tube at the axis of rotation, 

 the pressure there will rise from b -\- P' to b. The pressure 

 at the outer end distant r from the axis may then be deter- 

 mined from (1) by making P' = in that equation. 



The pressure at the end caps in excess of the pressure ft, 

 is when P'=0, 



^-e — i 



This value may be represented by the following series : — 



b ~2 CT ^ 2.4C2T2"*" 2.4. 6.. n {CT)l ^ \ 



For all values of v less than 5000 cm. per sec. (110 miles 

 per hour) the second and succeeding terms of (5) are small. 

 Assuming r= 293% and v = 5000, the value of the first term 

 is, for air, 0.014, while the second is 0.000110. For such 

 velocities as occur in ordinary storms, Eq. (5) therefore 

 becomes 



b 2 _S 

 2 CT ^^ ~2 ^' 



This is identical with Newton's equation applied to the 



