On the drainage of lands, towns, & buildings / by G.D. Dempsey ... Rev., with large additions on recent practice in drainage engineering, by D. Kinnear Clark.

  • Dempsey, G. Drysdale (George Drysdale)
Date:
1890
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Credit: On the drainage of lands, towns, & buildings / by G.D. Dempsey ... Rev., with large additions on recent practice in drainage engineering, by D. Kinnear Clark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. PA OB Introduction 1 DIVISION I.—DRAINAGE OF LANDS. Section I.—Sources of Water.—Rainfall.—Evaporation.—Per- colation.—Nature of Soils and Crops 5 Section II.—Drainage of Lower-lying Districts.—Drainage of Upland Districts.—Arrangement of Drains.—Character of Water 27 Section III.—Drainage of Fen Districts.—Ancholme Drainage. —Sections of Drains.— Embankments.— Rectification of Rivers.—Reclamation.—Draining Scoops.—Steam Power.— Drainage of the Lake of Haarlem 48 Section IY.—Open Drains.—Covered Drains.—Depth of Dra:ns. —Cheap Drains.—Capacity of Drains.—Cost of Drains.— Preliminary Surveys.—Bog Drains.—Implements . . 71 ADDITIONAL SECTIONS ON DRAINAGE OF LANDS. I.—Rivers 106 II.—Lands for Drainage .107 III. —Arterial Drainage and Under-Drainage . . .110 IV. —Mr. Bailey Denton’s Experiments with Under-Drainage at Hinxworth . . . . . . . .114 V.—The Reclamation of Hainault Forest, by Mr. R. B. Grantham 119 VI.—Rainfall . . . . . . . . .124 VII.—Rainfall in Mountainous Districts . . . .125 VIII.—Rainfall in England . . . . . . .130 IN.—Percolation and Evaporation of Rainfalls: Mr. Dick- inson’s and Dr. John Evans’s Observations . .134