> >> 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.
>
> I don't understand how that point relates to what I said.  What part of it
> are you saying seems to be incorrect?

Only that hole size is unrelated to the stream path, which is
counterintuitive.

Mike H.

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