If notched for the battens, they would require more work, be weakened and limber holes would have to be bored so that bilge water could flow through.

If your pool is located on or near sloping ground, it may have natural drainage which is certainly more desirable than to be faced with the annual expense and labor of first pumping out the water and then scooping out all the debris.

If the site is on a reservoir, the level of the water at various seasons as it affects recreation should be studied.

If you are considering a part-time farm where the water must be provided by a well, find out if there is a good well on the farm or the probable cost of having one drilled.

`` If it ain't an idea '', she said, `` how comes it you can drink beer but not water ''??

If a water absorbing swale for each yard is combined with permeable concrete streets, storm drains can be omitted from the neighbourhood.

If the boat floats, the mass of the boat ( plus contents ) as a whole divided by the volume below the waterline is equal to the density of water ( 1 kg / l ).

Hood replied that he would take careful soundings as he advanced to test the depth of the water, and that " If you will allow the honour of leading you into battle, I will keep the lead going.

If the cord is twisted up tightly on itself and then the bucket is released, it begins to spin rapidly, not only with respect to the experimenter, but also in relation to the water it contains.

If sugars are heated so that all water of crystallisation is driven off, then caramelization starts, with the sugar undergoing thermal decomposition with the formation of carbon, and other breakdown products producing caramel.

If hypertonic therapy continues or is too rapid, the extracellular tonicity will continue to drive water out of the brain's cells, leading to cellular dysfunction and the condition of central pontine myelinolysis.

If the average density ( including any air below the waterline ) of an object is less than water it will float in water and if it is more than water's it will sink in water.

If an explosive molecule contains just enough oxygen to convert all of its carbon to carbon dioxide, all of its hydrogen to water, and all of its metal to metal oxide with no excess, the molecule is said to have a zero oxygen balance.

If water is evaporated too quickly, the membrane dries, resistance across it increases, and eventually it will crack, creating a gas " short circuit " where hydrogen and oxygen combine directly, generating heat that will damage the fuel cell.

If the water is evaporated too slowly, the electrodes will flood, preventing the reactants from reaching the catalyst and stopping the reaction.

If the pane is not a good insulator ( such as a single pane window ), water vapour condenses on the glass forming patterns.

If the indoor air is very humid, rather than moderately so, water will first condense in small droplets and then freeze into clear ice.

If the pores are filled with water, then the water must be squeezed out of the pores to allow volumetric compression of the soil ; this process is called consolidation.

If a saline solution is used instead of water, a purer protein is obtained, with certain harmless impurities going into solution with the starch.

If gelatin is put into contact with cold water, some of the material dissolves, but not all.

If too much water and not enough air surrounds the plants roots, it is possible to gradually lower the medium's water-retention capability by mixing in increasing quantities of perlite.

If all water flow has stopped, the loaded waste valve reopens against the now static head, which allows the process to begin again.

If you're lyin' out in the hammock at night, and it gets kinda cool -- you know -- you just take these sides with the fringe on -- see -- and wrap 'em right over you.

If asked how she gets her impressions, she probably can only say that she `` just gets them '' -- some more vividly than others.

If that picture gets around and I find out you had anything to do with it, I'm going to send a couple of my boys around to see you ''.

`` If you kick too much, your leg gets kinda dead '', he explained.

If the batter gets a base hit, which would have scored the runner anyway, the run now becomes earned.

If a player wins two sets, or gets a win and a tie, that player wins the game.

If a kicked ball goes out of bounds, or the kicking team scores a single or field goal as a result of the kick, the other team likewise gets possession.

If several planets in the same system are discovered at the same time, the closest one to the star gets the next letter, followed by the other planets in order of orbital size.

If both fencers hit at the same time, the referee uses the rules of " right of way " to determine which fencer gets the point.

If a player gets a 6 they can separate chances ( the player can separate 6 on one piece and 3 on the other if they get a 6 and a 3, if the pieces are already out of the house ).

If a player ends his stone with a point move he gets a " free turn ".

If one hand wins and the other loses, the player is said to push, and gets back only the money he or she bet.

Commenting on Singer's article " Heavy Petting ," in which he argues that zoosexual activity need not be abusive, and that relationships could form which were mutually enjoyed, Ingrid Newkirk, president of the animal rights group PETA, argued that, " If a girl gets sexual pleasure from riding a horse, does the horse suffer?

He also is skeptical of the film industry going digital, saying, " If it actually gets to the place where you can't show 35 mm film in theatres anymore and everything is digital projection, I won't even make it to 60.

If dark decided to put a piece in the topmost location ( all choices are strategically equivalent at this time ), one piece gets turned over, so that the board appears thus:

If the attorney general isn't appointed as a senator then he automatically gets a seat as one, increasing the number of senators to four.

On television before the game, New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath said, " If Miami gets the kickoff and scores on the opening drive, the game is over .".

If the ball hits the net on the first serve and bounces over into the correct diagonal box then it is called a " let " and the server gets two more additional serves to get it in.

If the server misses his or her first serve and gets a let on the second serve, then they get one more try to get the serve in the box.

If the string is approximated with 100 discrete mass points one gets the 100 coupled second order differential equations (), () and () or equivalently 200 coupled first order differential equations.

If the positive number n becomes infinitely great, the expression 1 / n goes to naught ( or gets infinitely small ).

If no one gets the question right, that question is thrown out and another question is played in the same manner.

If the contestant answers a question incorrectly, then all the money won so far is lost, except that the £ 1, 000 and £ 32, 000 prizes are guaranteed: if a player gets a question wrong above these levels, then the prize drops to the previous guaranteed prize.

If a finite difference is divided by b − a, one gets a difference quotient.