106 T«E WATER UA^r. 



Ten parts of The water raised 269 English quarts, 



bytt'fidr'^^''' The force cxpcndcfl therefore was 1987x3-^ ^6'293. 



Height ir feet. That obtained, or the effect • 26'9xJ4-i=3811. 



■Consequently if I represent the Hrst of these forces by U;0,, 



they will be in the proportion of 100 to 60. That is to ^ay, 



the force received wa.s y^ of the whole the machine could 



employ. 

 Anen<;inii7^ 'In a socowl oxpcrimont, made somewliat differently, it was- 

 inchr-s.liain ^^ ^f the force applied. 



a flay above 11 This ram delivered at the height of fpurlecn feet two inchcs- 

 ^^^■^- (say 1 1 feet), a stream of water equal to 20 hydraulic inchoi 



(pouces do fontanier),andin twenty-four hours working would 



raise near 130^000 quarts to that height. 



Exp. II. Estimate of the expenditure and produce of a wafer ixim frvo 



itichcs in diameter, placed in my oxvn garden, rue des Jtrifs, 

 No. 122. 



The fall of water, which I have procured artificially for 

 want of a natural stream, is 7f f^-'ct, 



T?v a smaller The height to which the water is raised is that of my house. 



Height 50 feet. The water expended m four minutes I find to be 315 quarts ; 



that raised 30 quarts. 



Accordingly the force employed is 315 x 7-5 = 236^2. 



That received 50x50 = 1500. 



This engine of Thcy aic therefore in the fatio of 100 to 6\. Consequently 



li'w Sfa tl^e produce is ^^lo of the expenditure. 



day 50 feet This ram therefore is capable of delivering 10,800 quarts of 



"^ ' - water a day, at the height of 50 feet, provided the current be 



the same throughout that pej-iod. 



Another water Tlic figure of the ram I have given is adapted only to- falJ-s 



ram fur ^^ water. I hiivc contrived another for stre;ims, but this 



streams. , ^ 



necessarily costs more money, though it may trequenliv prov--; 



very useful. It would take up too much roon\to defxnbe tlu- 



construction of this ram at full length, besides it must ho 



varied according to the situation ; and I would undertake V: 



only for persons who, having occasion for siiCh n machine, 



should ac^'qaaint me with the rapidity and nii.giuti.ue of tlicir 



stream of v.iiier. 



I furnish only the prat, which 1 cull lliehrud ci' the icun, uv 



that 



