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Johannes von Kries and the History of Water Hammer

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This article is based on a paper presented at the Ninth International Conference on Pressure Surges held in Chester, U.K., in March 2004 and organized by BHR Group, Cranfield, U.K. The work was supported by funding under the European Commission’s Fifth Framework “Growth” Program via Thematic Network “Surge-Net”; Contract Reference: G1RT-CT-2002-05069.

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