PHILADELPHIA FIGHTS WATER WASTE
Third of a Series of Articles Telling Story of Successful Campaign on Broad Lines— Pitot Tube Most Valuable as Means of Measuring Pump Discharge—High Velocity Measurements Most Difficult—Data Must be Used to be of Value
AS a means of measuring pump discharge the Pitot Tube has proved itself the most valuable and acurate, also the cheapest tool available to the water works man. It can be set up, read and removed without disturbing in the least the continuous operation of the pump. It interposes no perceptible obstacle to the flow. It is easily portable, and on this account can be used where a Venturi meter would be too expensive, or even impossible.
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