Water Supply: The Present Practice of Sinking and Boring Wells, with Geological Considerations and Examples of Wells ExecutedSpon, 1875 - 217 pages |
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... tertiary and cretaceous formations , but it is urged in extenuation that they happen to underlie two of the most important cities in Europe , and that they have , in conse- quence , received a more thorough investigation than has been ...
... tertiary and cretaceous formations , but it is urged in extenuation that they happen to underlie two of the most important cities in Europe , and that they have , in conse- quence , received a more thorough investigation than has been ...
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... tertiary and secondary beds , composed of loose , arenaceous and perme- able strata , impervious , argillaceous and marly strata , and thick strata of compact rock , more or less broken up by fissures , as the Norwich red and coralline ...
... tertiary and secondary beds , composed of loose , arenaceous and perme- able strata , impervious , argillaceous and marly strata , and thick strata of compact rock , more or less broken up by fissures , as the Norwich red and coralline ...
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... tertiary and secondary beds , especially the latter , are far more extensive than the preceding , and yield much larger quantities of water . The chalk is the great water - bearing stratum for the larger portion of the south of England ...
... tertiary and secondary beds , especially the latter , are far more extensive than the preceding , and yield much larger quantities of water . The chalk is the great water - bearing stratum for the larger portion of the south of England ...
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... Tertiary deposits , the same mode of inquiry will apply with but little modification to any other formation . The main points are- The extent of the superficial area occupied by the water- bearing deposit . The lithological character ...
... Tertiary deposits , the same mode of inquiry will apply with but little modification to any other formation . The main points are- The extent of the superficial area occupied by the water- bearing deposit . The lithological character ...
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... tertiary strata . With regard to the first question , it is evident that a series of permeable strata encased between two impermeable formations can receive a supply of water at those points only where they crop out and are exposed on ...
... tertiary strata . With regard to the first question , it is evident that a series of permeable strata encased between two impermeable formations can receive a supply of water at those points only where they crop out and are exposed on ...
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Autres éditions - Tout afficher
Water Supply: The Present Practice of Sinking and Boring Wells. With ... Ernest Spon Affichage du livre entier - 1885 |
Water Supply: The Present Practice of Sinking and Boring Wells. With ... Ernest Spon Affichage du livre entier - 1885 |
Water Supply: The Present Practice of Sinking and Boring Wells, with ... Ernest Spon Affichage du livre entier - 1875 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
Banister Fletcher beds Blue Clay Boilers bore-hole boring rod boring tool boring-head bottom Brewery brick brickwork bucket Butte-aux-Cailles cast-iron chalk chisel Civil Engineers cloth CONTENTS Construction crown 8vo cuts depth Ditto Edmund Sharpe excavation feet deep feet O.D. flints foot Formulæ gallons a day gallons a minute grapnel gravel greensand Grey Hedgerley hole Hydraulic illustrated inches diameter Isometric Projection joint Keuper length lever London clay lower Lower Tertiary Machinery Marl means Mechanical Memoranda mottled clays numerous OOLITE outcrop passed Passy Pebbles pipe piston plates Pocket-Book post 8vo pump quantity Railway rainfall READING BEDS RED SAND red sandstone River rock rope royal 8vo Screw Propeller screwed second edition sewed shaft shell shown in Fig sinking Slide Steam steining stone strata stratum stroke sunk surface Surface Condensers Tables thickness tion trepan tubbing tube upper valve vertical water-bearing strata Waterworks weight wood engravings wrought-iron yield
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