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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

How, in refernce to a water ram, could this be , or not be, possible?

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--- On Thu, 11/6/08, Roy Morgan <k1lky AT earthlink.net> wrote:

> From: Roy Morgan <k1lky AT earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Wild water
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Thursday, November 6, 2008, 9:43 PM
> On Nov 5, 2008, at 7:44 PM, <eureka AT hctc.net>
> <eureka AT hctc.net> wrote:
> 
> > ... Looking into the well, ...t the
> > water flows east to west ...
> > What about a pipe with metal "wings" or a
> scoop like
> > appendage at the bottom that could direct the flow
> into
> > the pipe?
> 
> My guess* is that the water might rise in such a pipe just
> part of an  
> inch.    The principle is that the motion energy of the
> water gets  
> turned into height energy.  Notice how fast water comes out
> of a  
> hose.  Point the hose end straight up and see (or imagine)
> how far  
> into the air the water goes.
> 
> Maybe a paddle wheel could run a pump to move a very small
> amount of  
> water up the the surface or into the house. This might be
> plenty. I  
> visited a very basic cabin near home when I was a kid. 
> There was a  
> slanted trough from the stream into the kitchen where the
> water poured  
> very slowly into an open wood tank about the size of a
> breadbox, at  
> the edge of the sink.  The pencil thin stream provided all
> the water  
> the one resident needed, and made a lovely soft sound.  The
> fellow  
> would very reverently dip out what he needed, being careful
> to keep  
> the dipper and tank clean.
> 
> *(By some odd circumstances, I did study fluid dynamics at
> MIT, but it  
> was at a very introductory level, and most of 30 years
> ago.)
> 
> Roy
> 
> Roy Morgan
> k1lky AT earthlink.net
> 529 Cobb St.
> Groton NY, 13073
> 
> 
> 
> 
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