Rob Denkhaus
Avoiding higher math as much as possible at the...
Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sajjad Lateef
> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 10:01 AM
> To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> Subject: Re: NANFA-- a lil' help from my friends....
>
>
> --- Nick Zarlinga <njz_at_clevelandmetroparks.com> wrote:
> > Actually, we
> > thought we would go one better and put two flow meters in line so
> > that we
> > had a backup to verify our results. Well, unfortunately, the two
> > flow meters read vastly different amounts.
>
> Alternate solution:
>
> If you have those flow meters, then transfer a measured
> qty of water through them again, note measurments. Repeat an
> odd number of times (5+) with increasing known qty of water.
>
> Plot your numbers, extrapolate the curves (which should be
> more or less linear), and a little bit of spreadsheet magic
> and there you go ...
>
> I don't know if this is practical or not. I can help you with
> the number crunching, if needed.
>
> Sajjad
>
>
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