Artificial application of water to cultivated land

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Shantou (Swatow), Guangdong (Kwangtung) province, China: irrigation on the Han River. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.

The prophet Elisha, inspired by the music of a minstrel, tells the kings of Israel, Judah and Edom that their lands will be irrigated without the aid of rain or wind. Engraving after Jan van der Straet.

A tea plantation in China: workers water the young plants. Coloured lithograph.

A Chinese tea plantation with workers watering, picking and firing the tea. Lithograph by E. Gilks, c. 1850, after B. Clayton after Piqua.

The Indian Punjabi Mir Munshi Sultan Mohammad standing, legs astraddled, over a water channel. Next to him is a European Lady, possibly the nurse Mrs. Kate Daly. Kabul

Lectures on the ancient system of irrigation in Bengal and its application to modern problems / by William Willcocks.

De l'emploi de l'eau en chirurgie : thèse pour le doctorat en médecine, présentée et soutenue le 31 décembre 1850 / par Alphonse-Auguste Amussat.

Helwan, Egypt; traditional Egyptian waterwheel. As N0022540C but position of water wheel is slightly better. Photographed January 1990.

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Shantou (Swatow), Guangdong (Kwangtung) province, China: irrigation on the Han River. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.

Lectures on the ancient system of irrigation in Bengal and its application to modern problems / by William Willcocks.

The prophet Elisha, inspired by the music of a minstrel, tells the kings of Israel, Judah and Edom that their lands will be irrigated without the aid of rain or wind. Engraving after Jan van der Straet.

De l'emploi de l'eau en chirurgie : thèse pour le doctorat en médecine, présentée et soutenue le 31 décembre 1850 / par Alphonse-Auguste Amussat.

Helwan, Egypt; traditional Egyptian waterwheel. As N0022540C but position of water wheel is slightly better. Photographed January 1990.