The Advantages of “Siamesing.”
From “ Work Done by and Fower Required for Fire Streams,” by GEO. A. ELLIS, Civil Engineer, Springfield, Mass.
Among all the elements that enter into the problem relative to the effective power of the Steam Fire Engine, the friction-loss in the hose is the one item which, more than all the others, wastes the power of the steamer or the pressure from the hydrant, and disappoints our expectations in the use of various jets.
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