On the Construction of Catch-water Reservoirs in Mountain Districts: For the Supply of Towns, Or for Other PurposesSpon, 1872 - 48 páginas |
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9 inch adopted amount of rainfall ARTHUR PHILLIPS ascertained average rainfall bottom Broome Street byewash calculated centre Charing Cross clay cloth commenced considerable Construction of Floors convey the water cross sections Crown 8vo culvert deducted one-sixth depth drought embankment excavated F. N. SPON floods flow Folding Plates frequently gallons gravel ground guages height HURST Illustrated impounded Inst Llanefydd means miles numerous obtained Operation of Wood-working outlet pipes pass placed porous portion prevent the water proportion puddle trench puddle wall pump quantity of water rain which falls Rhyl riparian owners rock Royal shale sinking Society of Engineers steps stone stream course stream gauges stream side Sulphuric Acid sunk supply surface Tables thickness THOMAS TREDGOLD three feet timber top bank level top water level Treatise TREDGOLD Tredgold's well-known tunnel valley waste weir water slope watershed Wayoh reservoir width Wood Engravings Wood-working Factories Workshop Receipts Yachts Yarrow reservoir
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