Again, I'll collapse many replies into one:

On 3/1/06, Marco Genovesi <marco.genovesi@libero.it> wrote:
>
> Hi Mike,
> I'm non sure if this may be useful for your question
> (however, many methods for water measurements are explained)
>
> http://www.usbr.gov/pmts/hydraulics_lab/pubs/wmm/

Yes, actually, it was VERY helpful.  Apparently, water escaping
from a hole in a reservoir under a given head h will travel with
velocity equal to an object dropped from height h.  Hole size is
NOT a parameter!

Olin pointed out:
> Once you have the velocity of the water as it leaves the hole, plain old
> highschool physics will give you the parabola.  The speed of the water would
> be a function of the pressure and probably the diameter at small diameters.

It seems not.  I will experiment, some, but I don't know if it's worth it.
A brief experiment last night suggests that any head height above maybe 1/2"
starts to require a very large basin indeed to catch the water.

Adam suggested a website:
http://www.wetdesign.com

Which seems pretty good.  I'll check it out for further info.

Thanks for everyone that responded.  Now I'll impart a little bit of
info to those
reading this topic with bated breath:  using an ultrasonic mister with flat
tonic water yields a mist that glows under a blacklight (or so I've heard).

Mike H.

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