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WATER HAMMER IN PIPES
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MELVm LORKNIUS ENGER
THESIS
DKGRKE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
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Civile ENGINEERING
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
PRESENTED JUNE 1906
UNIVERSITY OF ILLIMOIS
May 29, 1906
This is to certify that the following thesis prepared
under the direction of Professor A. N. Talbot, Head of the Depart-
ment of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, by
MELVI?T LORENIUS ENGER
entitled WATER HAIOfflR IN PIPES
is hereby approved by rae as fulfilling this part of the require-
ments for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering.
Head of Department of Civil Engineering
Digitized by the Internet Archive
in 2013
http://archive.org/details/waterhammerinpipOOenge
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