Hydraulic Engineering - Paperback

by Gardner Dexter Hiscox (Author)

Historical sketch, Hydraulics properties of water, Measurement of the flow of streams, Flow from subsurface orifices and nozles, Flow of water in pipes, Siphons of various kinds, Dams and great storage City and town water supply, Wells and their reenforcement, Air lift method of raising water, Artesian wells, Irrigation of arid districts, Water-power, water wheels, Pumps and pumping machinery, Reciprocating pumps, Hydraulic power, Hydraulic mining, gold washing, Canals, ditches, conduits, Marine hydraylics, Tidal and sea wave power