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Viscosity conversion diagram 131
Thermal expansion of petroleum products 132
More accurate data on thermal expansion of petroleum oils 133-138
Useful physical data, Table XII 134
Values of square-root of F, 139
Pseudo-critical temperature, Tc 140
Values of Am, Table XIII 141-143
Compressibility of petroleum products 144
Pressure corrections 144-146
Thermal expansion of water and other liquids 146
Pseudo-critical pressures, Pc 147
Compressibility of petroleum products 148
Table of values of constant, c, for various liquids, Table XIV 149
Use and source of nomographs, Table XV and XVa . . 149, 150
Nomographs for determining A for various liquids at vapor
pressure 151, 152
Section 7
Characteristics of Various Types of Primary Devices
Concentric orifices 153
Segmental and eccentric orifices 153,154
Flow nozzles 154,155
Venturi tubes 155
Pressure loss 155-158
Pipe elbow as a primary device 158-160
The Pitot tube 160-165
Types of Pitot tubes 166
Pitot Venturi tubes 167,168
Section 8
Measurement of Liquids in Open Channels
Weirs 169-178
Parshall flume 179-187
Equations for free flow, weirs and Parshall measuring
flumes 188,189
Section 9
Examples
Calculation from basic formula 190
Same example from formula 190,191
Examples of liquid flow calculations 191-196
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