Excerpt from Lowell Hydraulic Experiments: Being a Selection From Experiments on Hydraulic Motors, on the Flow of Water Over Weirs, and in Canals of Uniform Rectangular Section and of Short Length; Made at Lowell, Massachusetts The experiments recorded in the following pages, are a selection from those made by the author, in the discharge of his duty, as the Engineer of the Cor porations at Lowell. They may be divided into two classes, namely, First, those on hydraulic motors, and, second, those on the flow of water over weirs, and in short rectangular canals. Combined with the description of the experiments, there are also given some other investigations, which may appear somewhat out of place, but which, from their utility or novelty, will be found interesting to many persons who have cultivated the science of hydraulics. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art 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.