Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891 by Various
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page 86 of 143 (60%)
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| | Concorde. | 9,980 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 3 |
|2| Total reseau | 18,500 | 6.9 | 5.9 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 6.3 | |3|To Place de | | | | | | | | | la Concorde | 9,980 | 7.0 | 6.43 | 0.57 | 0.75 | 2.16 | |4|Total reseau | 18,500 | 6.7 | 5.28 | 0.88 | 1.32 | 5.5 | |5|Northern reseau | | | | | | | | | to Rue de Belle-| | | | | | | | | ville. | 1,530 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 2.3 | |6|To the Rue des | | | | | | | | | Pyrenees. | 600 | 6.1 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 0.56 | 2.2 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- These trials refer to the mains running from the St. Fargeau station to the Place de la Concorde, a length of 9.142 kilometers; to the whole system of mains, 16.5 kilometers; to the northern mains running from St. Fargeau to the Rue de Belleville, 1.4 kilometers; and from St. Fargeau to the Rue des Pyrenees, 6.5 kilometers. It will be seen from the figures given in the table that the actual loss is small, and it is stated that this is due chiefly to the elastic joint employed throughout the system, excepting in the Rue de Belleville, where rigid couplings are used, and continual trouble is experienced from loss by leakage. In all cases the losses given are the maximum, which only occur under the most unfavorable conditions. It was found, during the first, second, and fourth tests, that considerable leakage occurred between the St. Fargeau central station and the Rue de Belleville. During the trials two and four, an uncertain amount of loss occurred from the consumption of air required to work the pneumatic clocks, and also motors in the circuit, that |
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