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Definition of Adjutages
1. adjutage [n] - See also: adjutage
Lexicographical Neighbors of Adjutages
Literary usage of Adjutages
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Elements of Mechanics by James Renwick (1832)
"OF THE DISCHARGE OF LIQUIDS THROUGH SHORT PIPES OR adjutages. 403. ... adjutages of
different forms, have different degrees of ad-' vantage in this respect, ..."
2. The elements of practical hydraulics by Samuel Downing (1861)
"Conical adjutages, properly so called, that is, those which are slightly converging
to a point exterior to the reservoir, augment the discharge still more ..."
3. Principles of the Mechanics of Machinery and Engineering by Julius Ludwig Weisbach, Walter Rogers Johnson (1848)
"The effective discharge in the issuing of air through short cylindrical adjutages,
is likewise less than that determined theoretically; we have, therefore, ..."
4. Principles of Physics, Or Natural Philosophy: Designed for the Use of by Benjamin Silliman (1871)
"Short tubes (called adjutages) are often placed in an orifice to increase the flow.
... Conical adjutages converging towards the exterior of the reservoir, ..."
5. Compressed Air Information; Or, A Cyclopedia Containing Practical Papers on by William Lawrence Saunders (1903)
"By simultaneously measuring, in the entrance and exit adjutages, the air volume
passing FIG. 87. at each of the stations, it was possible to estimate the ..."
6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1920)
"Without adjutages the fundamental (/ = 5 cm.) still evoked very marked waves,
... For the shorter adjutages the main energy would be correspondingly larger. ..."
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