A Treatise on Waterworks for the Supply of Cities and Towns: With a Description of the Principal Geological Formations of England as Influencing Supplies of Water

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Lockwood & Company, 1882 - 413 pages
 

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Page 5 - XIII. Distribution of Water.— XIV. Meters, Service Pipes, and House Fittings.— XV. The Law and Economy of Water Works. — XVI. Constant and Intermittent Supply. — XVII. Description of Plates. — Appendices, giving Tables of Rates of Supply, Velocities, &c. &c. , together with Specifications of several Works illustrated, among which will be found : — Aberdeen, Kideford, Canterbury, Dundee, Halifax, Lambeth, Rotherham, Dublin, and others. " The most systematic and valuable work upon water...
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Page 5 - LIST OF CONTENTS. I. Historical Sketch of some of the means that have been adopted for the Supply of Water to Cities and Towns. — II. Water and the Foreign Matter usually associated with it— III. Rainfall and Evaporation.— IV. Springs and the waterbearing formations of various districts.
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