Water Supply: the Present Practice of Sinking and Boring Wells

33 chapters

1. 1SINKING AND BORING WELLS.
2. 2CONTENTS.
3. 3PREFACE.
4. 4CHAPTER I. GEOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS.
5. 5Extent of Superficial Area.
6. 6Mineral Character of the Formation.
7. 7Position and General Conditions of the Outcrop.
8. 8Height of Water-bearing Strata above Surface of Country.
9. 9Rainfall in the District where the Water-bearing Strata Crop out.
10. 10Disturbances of the Strata.
11. 11CHAPTER II. THE NEW RED SANDSTONE.
12. 12CHAPTER III. WELL SINKING.
13. 13CHAPTER IV. WELL BORING.
14. 14CHAPTER V. AMERICAN TUBE WELL.
15. 15CHAPTER VI. WELL BORING AT GREAT DEPTHS.
16. 16Kind-Chaudron System.
17. 17Dru’s System.
18. 18Mather and Platt’s System.

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