| North Carolina. Division of Mineral Resources - 1899 - 812 Seiten
...which represent the actual quantity of water, as run-off in depth in inches and acre-foot. They may be defined as follows : "Second-foot" is an abbreviation...second, and is the quantity of water flowing in a stream one foot wide, one foot deep, at a rate of one foot per second. It is generally used as a fundamental... | |
| Virginia. Division of Mineral Resources - 1905 - 682 Seiten
...mile; and those which represent actual quantities of water, as run-off in depth in inches. They may he defined as follows : "Second-foot" is an abbreviation...second, and is the quantity of water flowing in a stream one foot wide, one foot deep, at the rate of one foot per second. It is generally used as a fundamental... | |
| 1905 - 1360 Seiten
..."secondfeet," " sure-feet," " run-off per square mile," and " run-off in depth in inches," and may be denned as follows: "Second-foot" is an abbreviation for cubic foot per second, and is the body of water flowing in a stream 1 foot wide, 1 foot deep, at a rate of 1 foot per second. The "acre-foot"... | |
| 1906 - 1176 Seiten
...acrefeet. They may be defined as follows: "Second-foot" is an abbreviation for cuhic foot per sccond, and is the quantity of water flowing in a stream 1 foot wide, 1 foot deep, at a rate of 1 foot per sccond. It is generally uscd as a fundamental unit from which others are computed. "Gallons per minute"... | |
| John Clayton Hoyt, Nathan Clifford Grover - 1907 - 174 Seiten
...is the most common. This term is an abbreviation for cubic foot per second, which is equivalent to the quantity of water flowing in a stream 1 foot wide, 1 foot deep, at a velocity of 1 foot per second. The determination of the discharge is termed "discharge measurement,... | |
| Geological Survey (U.S.) - 1911 - 1048 Seiten
...as follows: "Second-foot" is an abbreviation for cubic foot per second and is the rate of discharge of water flowing in a stream 1 foot wide, 1 foot deep, at a rate of 1 foot per second. It is generally Xised as a fundamental unit from wliich others are computed by the use of the factors given in the... | |
| Benjamin Mortimer Hall, Maxcy Reddick Hall - 1908 - 470 Seiten
...mile, and those which represent actual quantities of water, as run-off in depth in inches. They may be defined as follows: "Second-foot" is an abbreviation...second and is the quantity of water flowing in a stream i foot wide, i foot deep, at the rate of i foot per second. It is generally used as a fundamental unit... | |
| Geological Survey (U.S.) - 1911 - 602 Seiten
...as follows: "Second-foot" is an abbreviation for cubic foot per second and is the rate of discharge of water flowing in a stream 1 foot wide, 1 foot deep, at a rate of 1 foot per second. STREAM FLOW. on the assumption that the run-off is distributed uniformly both as regards time and area.... | |
| 1914 - 468 Seiten
..."Second-foot" is an abbreviation for cubic foot per second and is the unit for the rate of discharge of water flowing in a stream 1 foot wide, 1 foot deep, at a rate of 1 foot a second. It is generally used as a fundamental unit from which others are computed by the use of the... | |
| Louis Marcus Prindle - 1908 - 126 Seiten
...stations. Second-feet is an abbreviation for cubic feet per second. A second-foot is the rate of discharge of water flowing in a stream 1 foot wide, 1 foot deep, at a velocity of 1 foot per second. The " miner's inch " expresses the rate of discharge of water that passes... | |
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