On 09/01/2010 02:03 PM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: > 2010/9/1 Anthony <o...@inbox.org>: > > >>> http://dict.leo.org/?lp=ende&search=d%C3%BCker >>> >>> OK, got it (but the article is not mainly fitting): >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_siphon >>> >> Ah, I see. But that wouldn't be tagged as a waterway, would it? >> > > Why shouldn't it? Probably depends on the situation, but if the occur > on an object that we generally tag with waterway, it should be clear. > This technique was already used in ancient Rome for special parts of > aqueducts (where they had to bypass an obstacle). Aren't they a kind > of culvert? Btw.: I just found out that in the case of wastewater this > is called a depressed sewer in English. > > http://www.kw-ag.at/Files/inverted.jpg > http://www.k0lee.com/blog/uploaded_images/siphon2-775129.jpg > http://www.expogreenway.org/Inverted%20Siphons.htm > I am not sure whether that would be classified as a type of culvert or not. Do we have any civil engineers on the mailing list who could answer that question?
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