Miner's inch
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The miner's inch is a unit of flow in terms of volume per unit time. It is sometimes used in relation to flow of water.
[edit] Definition
- 1/50 ft³/s (566 mL/s) southern California, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Washington
- 1/40 ft³/s (708 mL/s) Arizona, northern California, Montana, Nevada, Oregon
- 1/38 ft³/s (745 mL/s) Colorado
- 1/36 ft³/s (787 mL/s) British Columbia
[edit] Explanation
The miners inch was derived from the amount of water that would flow through a hole of a given area and a given pressure. The word 'inch' actually refers to the area of the hole in 'square inches'. State regulations sometimes forbid the use of the unit without it being associated with a definition in the same document.
