. A simple mercury manometer connected into a flow line gives reading as shown in the figure. Local gravity is standard and the mercury density is 0.488 Iblin. Find the pressure at pts. x and y when the flow line and left leg contain: a) air, whose density is 0.072 bt b) water, whose density is 62.1 bt c) answer (a) and (b) if local gravity is 30 fu'sec LEFT LEG AND FLOWLINE OPEN 40 in. 25 in. (sp.gr. 13.6)
. A simple mercury manometer connected into a flow line gives reading as shown in the figure. Local gravity is standard and the mercury density is 0.488 Iblin. Find the pressure at pts. x and y when the flow line and left leg contain: a) air, whose density is 0.072 bt b) water, whose density is 62.1 bt c) answer (a) and (b) if local gravity is 30 fu'sec LEFT LEG AND FLOWLINE OPEN 40 in. 25 in. (sp.gr. 13.6)
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Transcribed Image Text:A simple mercury manometer connected into a flow line gives reading as shown
in the figure. Local gravity is standard and the mercury density is 0.488 Iblin.
Find the pressure at pts. x and y when the flow line and left leg contain:
a) air, whose density is 0.072 bt
b) water, whose density is 62.1 bit
c) answer (a) and (b) if local gravity is 30 fu'sec?
LEFT LEG AND FLOWLINE
OPEN
40 in.
25 in.
y.
Mg (sp.gr. 13.6)
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