ICE Virtual Library : Journals : Minutes of the Proceedings : Volume 32: Issue 1871

DISCUSSION ON PUMPS FOR LOW LIFTS; ARCHIMEDEAN SCREW FOR LIFTING WATER; CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS.

Authors: W AIRY; ASTRONOMER ROYAL; R C MAY; D THOMSON; G H PHIPPS; W C UNWIN; W H ALLEN; BAZALGETTE; W ATKINSON; G E EACHUS; A MURRAY; J L THOMAS; C B VIGNOLES; R MORELAND
Source: Minutes of the Proceedings, Volume 32, Issue 1871, pages 41 –64

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The first volume of the Institution's Proceedings was published in 1837. Entitled the Minutes of Proceedings, these contained not only papers but also Institution matters such as annual reports, announcements and membership grade transfers as well as abstracts of papers published in other contemporary journals.

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By this author: W AIRY , ASTRONOMER ROYAL , R C MAY , D THOMSON , G H PHIPPS , W C UNWIN , W H ALLEN , BAZALGETTE , W ATKINSON , G E EACHUS , A MURRAY , J L THOMAS , C B VIGNOLES , R MORELAND

CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS. 41 Mr. WILFRID AIRYobserved, with regard to the term " spiral angle " used throughout his Paper, that in Fig. 2, A B C was a spiral line drawn on the cylindrical core ; B D was a tangent to Pig. 2. < E ,... - c the spiral A B C at the point B ; B E was a line on the surface of the core parallelto the axis of the cylinder; and the acute angle D B E was called the " spiral angle" of the spiral line B C...

Keywords: PUMPS; LIFTING; SPIRAL; WATER; POWER; CENTRIFUGAL; CHAMBERS; WHEELS; FANS; MACHINERY; ARCHIMEDEAN; IRRIGATION; SCREWS; SHAFTS; BLADES; RAISING
Document Type: Discussion
DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1871.22932

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DISCUSSION ON PUMPS FOR LOW LIFTS; ARCHIMEDEAN SCREW FOR LIFTING WATER; CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS.