Treatise on Hydraulics

Abstract

THE contents of this book formed the subject-matter of a series of lectures on hydraulics, delivered by the author at McGill University, Montreal; and though chiefly intended for students, it will doubtless prove valuable for reference to hydraulic engineers. The book deals with the experimental theory of the motion of water, its flow in pipes and open channels, and its practical application to hydraulic motors. The subject is divided into seven chapters, treating successively of flow through orifices and over weirs, fluid friction, flow in pipes, flow of water in open channels, methods of gauging, impact, and hydraulic motors and centrifugal pumps. The matter is for the most part, treated mathematically; and the book will be mainly useful to persons who have studied mathematics; whilst numerous examples are appended at the end of most of the chapters, together with their answers, which will give students facility in working out hydraulic problems, and enable them to acquire a more thorough grasp of the principles enunciated. One hundred and ninety-six simple diagrams and drawings serve to illustrate and elucidate the text; and the book, being clearly and concisely written, will enable the intelligent reader, with some knowledge of mathematics, to obtain a deeper insight into the theory of hydraulics, and the principles of its application to practical purposes. The short chapter on gauging the velocity of flow in open channels, describes briefly and practically the different instruments used for the purpose; whilst the long final chapter, on hydraulic motors, explains, with the aid of formulæ, the principles involved in the hydraulic ram, pressure engines, the accumulator, hydraulic brakes, the various forms of water-wheels and turbines, and centrifugal pumps.

Treatise on Hydraulics.

By Prof. Henry T. Bovey. Pp. viii + 336. (New York: John Wiley and Sons. London: Chapman and Hall, 1895.)