2. Verb. (third-person singular of overfall) ¹
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Definition of Overfalls
1. overfall [v] - See also: overfall
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overfalls
Literary usage of Overfalls
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of the Mechanics of Engineering and of the Construction of Machines by Julius Ludwig Weisbach (1870)
"overfalls.—If the water flows through an overfall, weir or notch (Fr. ... 8.
TABLE OF THE COEFFICIENTS OF EFFLUX FOR overfalls SIX DECIMETERS WIDE. ..."
2. Mechanics of Engineering and of Machinery by Julius Ludwig Weisbach, Gustav Herrmann, Joseph Frederic Klein (1878)
"overfalls.—If the water flows through an overfall, weir or notch (Fr. ... 8.
TABLE OF THE COEFFICIENTS OF EFFLUX FOR overfalls SIX DECIMETERS WIDE. ..."
3. Hydraulic Manual Consisting of Working Tables and Explanatory Text Intended by Lowis D'Aguilar Jackson (1883)
"ORIFICES AND overfalls. TABLE ^—Orifices and overfalls. [TMU NB—For overfalls,
reduce the tabular velocity by onc-thiri ..."
4. Hydraulics of Rivers, Weirs and Sluices: The Derivation of New and More by David Albert Molitor (1908)
"COMPLETE overfalls. THE following, Fig. i, shows the lettered dimensions used in
the formulae for complete overfalls. ..."
5. Hydraulics of Rivers, Weirs and Sluices: The Derivation of New and More by David Albert Molitor (1908)
"2 (12) Redtenbacher says that the derivation of formulae for incomplete overfalls
is connected with unsurmountable difficulties and adopts ..."
6. Hydraulic Manual Consisting of Working Tables and Explanatory Text Intended by Lowis D'Aguilar Jackson (1883)
"TABIB X.—ORIFICES AND overfalls. Velocities of discharge in feet per second for
sluices, ... The same table also applies to overfalls, weirs, and notches, ..."
7. Sanitary Engineering: A Guide to the Construction of Works of Sewerage and by Baldwin Latham (1878)
"Gauging by overfalls. Curve of water flowing over weir. Theoretical quantity two-
thirds quantity due to fall. ..."
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