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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452581903321

Titolo

H2OH! [[electronic resource] ] : classroom demonstrations for water concepts / / edited by Amy B. Chan Hilton, Roseanna M. Neupauer ; sponsored by Excellence in Water Resources Education Task Committee of the Groundwater Council of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Reston, Va., : American Society of Civil Engineers, c2013

ISBN

0-7844-7702-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (145 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HiltonAmy B. Chan

NeupauerRoseanna M

Disciplina

551.48078

Soggetti

Hydrology - Experiments

Hydrology - Study and teaching

Water - Experiments

Water - Study and teaching

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1. Introduction""; ""1.1 Background""; ""1.2 About This Book""; ""1.3 Intended Audience""; ""1.4 How to Use This Book""; ""2. Fluid Mechanics""; ""Fluid Properties""; ""2.1 What Is a Fluid?""; ""2.2 Drag Force for Lubricated Surfaces""; ""2.3 Shear Thinning and Shear Thickening Liquids""; ""2.4 Continuum Concept/Fluid Density""; ""2.5 Surface Tension""; ""2.6 Reynolds Number""; ""Buoyancy and Stability""; ""2.7 Buoyancy and Stability: Balls and Bowls""; ""2.8 Buoyancy and Stability: Toy Boat""; ""2.9 Bubbles and Buoyancy""

""Hydrostatic Pressure and Forces""""2.10 Piezometers and Pressure Head""; ""2.11 Pressure in a Static Liquid""; ""2.12 Pressure Forces on Submerged Planar Surfaces""; ""2.13 Pressure Force and Fluid Weight""; ""Bernoulli Principle and Bernoulli Equation""; ""2.14 Bernoulli Principle: Straws and Cups""; ""2.15 Bernoulli Principle: Ping Pong Ball in an Air Jet""; ""2.16 Gravitational and Pressure Potential Energy""; ""2.17



Bernoulli and Orifice Jet""; ""2.18 Energy Grade Line and Hydraulic Grade Line with a Siphon""; ""2.19 Total Head, Piezometric Head, and Friction in Pipe Flow""

""2.20 Bernoulli Principle and the Hose-End Sprayer""""2.21 Conservation Principles for Squirt Gun Operation""; ""2.22 Conservation of Momentum: Water Bottle Rocket""; ""2.23 Conservation of Momentum: Three-Arm Rotating Lawn Sprinkler""; ""3. Hydraulics""; ""3.1 Pipe Friction Losses Using a Soaker Hose""; ""3.2 Pipes in Series""; ""3.3 Pipes in Parallel""; ""3.4 Three-Reservoir Problem""; ""4. Surface Water""; ""4.1 Atmospheric Water""; ""4.2 Rainfall-Runoff""; ""4.3 Isohyetal Method for Precipitation Analysis""; ""4.4 Linear Reservoirs, Hydraulic Networks, and Hydrographs""

""4.5 Watershed Delineation""""4.6 Flood Frequency Analysis: Battle of the Rivers Game""; ""5. Groundwater""; ""5.1 Porosity""; ""5.2 Specific Retention""; ""5.3 Layered Hydraulic Conductivity""; ""5.4 Flow Direction in an Anisotropic Porous Medium""; ""5.5 Head Distribution in One-Dimensional Confined and Unconfined Aquifers""; ""5.6 Well Hydraulics""; ""5.7 Molecular Diffusion in Porous Media""; ""5.8 Groundwater Contaminant Transport""; ""5.9 NAPL Ganglia""; ""6. Water Quality""; ""6.1 BOD and Remaining BOD Concepts""; ""6.2 Water Quality Testing for Aquariums and Ponds""

""6.3 Suspended Sediments Analysis""""7. Resources for Teaching Water Resources""; ""7.1 Overview""; ""7.2 Publications""; ""7.3 Websites""; ""7.4 Equipment Vendors and Products""; ""7.5 Simple Demonstrations for Fluid Mechanics""; ""7.6 Simple Activities for Hydrology""; ""7.7 Music and Videos with Water Themes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""W""



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Record Nr.

UNISA996394883303316

Autore

Felltham Owen <1602?-1668.>

Titolo

Batavia, or, The Hollander displayed [[electronic resource] ] : being three weeks observations of thes [sic] Low Country, especially Holland : in brief characters & observations of the people & country, the gouvernement [sic] of their state & private description of the people & country of Scotland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Printed by Steven Swart ..., 1680

Descrizione fisica

71 p

Soggetti

Netherlands Social life and customs

Netherlands Description and travel

Scotland Social life and customs 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A perfect description of the people and countrey of Scotland" has special t.p.

Attributed to Felltham by Wing and NUC pre-1956 imprints.

Error in paging: p. 7 misnumbered 17.

Reproduction of original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018