Handbook of Railroad Construction; For the use of American engineers. / Containing the necessary rules, tables, and formulæ for the location, construction, equipment, and management of railroads, as built in the United States.

by George L. Vose

The velocity will be

1000 × 144
6² × 0.7854 = 5093 feet per hour,

or eighty-five feet per minute. The weight of a column of water fifty feet high and six inches in diameter is

6² × 0.7854 × 50 × 12
1728 × 62½ = 613.6 lbs.

Also,

612½ × 83
33000 = 1½ horse-power nearly.

395. Among the pumps now in use for raising water at railroad stations are Carpenter’s rotary, Worthington’s, McGowan’s, and that of Messrs. Perkins and Bishop, either of which answers every purpose.

396. TABLE SHOWING THE WEIGHT AND COST PER FOOT OF CAST-IRON PIPE.

Diameter of bore. Inches.	Thickness of metal. Inches.	Weight of pipe per lineal foot. Lbs.	Cost of pipe per lineal foot. Cents.
1	¼	3.06	15
1¼	¼	3.67	18
1½	¼	4.29	21
1¾	⅜	7.81	39
2	⅜	8.73	44
2¼	⅜	9.65	48
2½	½	14.70	73
2¾	½	15.93	80
3	½	17.15	86

The weight of a cubic foot of cast-iron being 450 lbs., and the price being five cents per lb.