PREFACE

pp iii-iv

Contents

pp v-vi

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

pp vii-viii

CHAP. I - INTRODUCTION

pp 1-6

CHAP. II - DRAINAGE BY GRAVITATION

pp 7-35

CHAP. III - FIELD DRAINAGE

pp 36-49

CHAP. IV - DRAINAGE BY STEAM POWER

pp 50-69

CHAP. V - THE SCOOP WHEEL

pp 70-87

CHAP. VI - THE ARCHIMEDEAN SCREW PUMP

pp 88-91

CHAP. VII - THE CENTRIFUGAL PUMP

pp 92-105

CHAP. VIII - DESCRIPTION OF PUMPING STATIONS

pp 106-157

APPENDIX

TABLE I - Explanation of terms used

pp 158-158

TABLE II - Weights and measures relating to water; French weights and measures, and their equivalents in English terms

pp 158-160

TABLE III - Rules for ascertaining the pressure and velocity of water

pp 160-161

TABLE IV - Formula for finding the velocity of water in open channels

pp 161-161

TABLE V - For finding the quantity of water due to rainfall discharged off the land, and the horse-power required for raising the same

pp 162-162

TABLE VI - For finding the discharge of water through sluices

pp 162-163

TABLE VII - For finding the quantity of water due to twenty-four hour' rainfall if discharged in a limited time owing to a sluice being closed by the tide

pp 163-164

TABLE VIII - For ascertaining the time the doors of a sluice are closed by the tide

pp 164-165

TABLE IX - For ascertaining the height of the tide at any hour during ebb and flood

pp 165-165

TABLE X - For finding the horse-power required for pumping engines

pp 166-167

TABLE XI - Showing the dimensions and capacity of drains and sluices and the area of land for which they are adapted

pp 167-168

INDEX

pp 169-175

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