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One thing must be made plain at the outset: the way a flowmeter is installed matters a lot.
Start her up and see why she don’t go.
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Hayward, A.T.J. (1979). Pitfalls, and How to Avoid Them. In: Flowmeters. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-03379-9_10
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