The annexed figures represent, on a scale of 1 to 50, a plan and
vertical section of a reservoir of beton, 11 cubic meters in capacity,
designed for the storage of drinking water and for collecting the
overflow of a canal. The volume of beton employed in its construction
was 0.9 cubic meter per cubic meter of water to be stored. The inner
walls were covered with a layer of cement to insure of tightness.
[Illustration: A CEMENT RESERVOIR.]
T is the inlet pipe, with a diameter of 0.08 m.
T' is the distributing pipe, and T" is the waste pipe.--_Annales des
Travaux Publics_.
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