Congressional Serial SetU.S. Government Printing Office, 1905 - United States Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. |
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April Area of section August August 17 August 20 bank is high bench mark cable Carson River channel is straight Colo Creek daily gage height December 31 direction of M. C. Discharge in second-feet Discharge measurements district hydrographer ditch Drainage area drainage basin Duchesne River elevation Estimated monthly discharge February feet and tenths gage is read graduated to feet Humboldt River initial point January July July 29 June June 16 June 30 left bank liable to overflow located M. C. Hinderlider March Mean daily gage Mean velocity North Platte River November October open-channel conditions Pecos River point for soundings rating table right bank Run-off S. G. Bennett Sec.-feet Sept September square miles station during 1904 station was established stream is composed table is applicable Total in acre-feet Truckee River Utah vertical W. B. Clapp W. D. Smith Water-Supply Papers zero
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Page 205 - SLIPS. [Mount each slip upon a separate card, placing the subject at the top of the second slip. The name of the series should not be repeated on the series card, but the additional numbers should be added, as received, to the first entry.] Bain, H[arry] Foster, 1872.
Page 17 - In the table of monthly discharge the column headed " Maximum " gives the mean flow for the day when the mean gage height was highest.
Page 13 - Minimum" the quantity given is the mean flow for the day when the mean gage height was lowest. The column headed "Mean" is the average flow in cubic feet for each second during the month.
Page 25 - Discharge measurements are made from the downstream side of the bridge, the initial point for soundings being the gate post near the left end of the bridge.
Page 126 - The current is moderately swift. Both banks are high and rocky and are not liable to overflow. The bed of the stream is composed of rock, but there is a fairly smooth and permanent section.
Page 16 - The gage height given in the table represents the elevation of the surface of the water above the zero of the gage.
Page 78 - The length of the chain from the end of the weight to the marker is 35.02 feet.
Page 10 - The units used in this report are second-feet, second-feet per square mile, run-off depth in inches and acre-feet. They may be defined as follows : "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 per second. It is generally used as a. fundamental unit from which others are computed by the use of the factors given in the following table of equivalents. "Second-feet per square...
Page 15 - ... velocity. The discharge curve under normal conditions is concave toward the horizontal axis and is generally parabolic in form. In the preparation of the rating table the discharge for each tenth or half tenth on the gage is taken from the curve. The differences between successive discharges are then taken and adjusted according to the law that they shall either be constant or increasing.