Download or read book The Irrigation Works of India Classic Reprint written by Robert Burton Buckley and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Irrigation Works of India Since the first edition of the Book appeared in 1893, the area watered by Irrigation Works controlled by Government in India has increased by fifty per cent. The increase is partly due to the development of old works, and partly to the construction of new ones. The original book included some description of the Irrigation Works of Egypt. This has been almost entirely omitted in this revised edition, mainly because a description of Indian works afforded more than sufficient material. The difficulty has been to compress it within a reasonable space. The main features of the book remain the same, but it is altered in form. The chief object of this alteration is to afford space for the Plates on the page of the book itself, and to avoid the inconvenience caused by a large number of folded Plates. The Government of India and the Governments of the various Provinces have kindly given me facilities which have enabled me to correct and amplify the book, and have been good enough to print for me some of the maps which are included in it. I have been placed in direct communication with almost every Chief and Superintending Engineer of Irrigation Works in India. All - or almost all - have given me assistance, and I would express my obligations to them without attempting to specify those to whom I am more particularly indebted. Descriptions of works have, in some cases, been taken almost verbatim from reports and notes supplied by the local officers. As far as possible I have indicated the source of the information by footnotes, but I fear that some may have been omitted. All the unsold copies of the first edition of the book were destroyed by fire at the publishers, and it has consequently been out of print since December, 1903. The delay in issuing this edition has been caused by the fact that Indian irrigation officers are busy men, and it has taken time to collect the information required for its revision. The original work found its way to many of the Colonies and elsewhere, and I trust it has been useful. The record of the great Irrigation Works of India and of the benefits which they confer on the people cannot but tend to display the true beneficence of British rule in the great continent which is so important a portion of the Empire. I have appended a list of books and publications which students of Irrigation will find interesting. Many of them are out of print. They can be seen either at the Library of the India Office or at the Institution of Civil Engineers in London. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Download or read book Irrigation Works Classic Reprint written by B. O. Reynolds and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-04-25 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Irrigation Works Experience showed, however, that this work required revi sion and amplification to fit it for College requirements, and it has accordingly been re-written. The present publication does not aim at being a comprehensive treatise on irrigation, it is merely a manual compiled for the use of students. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Irrigation Works written by E. S. Bellasis and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Irrigation Works: The Principles on Which Their Design and Working Should Be Based, With Special Details Relating to Indian Canals and Some Proposed Improvements Preliminary Remarks; Gauges and Regulators; Gauge Reading and Discharges; Registers of Irrigation and Outlets; Distribution of Supply; Extensions and Remodellings; Remodelling of Outlets; Miscellaneous Items; General Description; Area and Discharges; Remarks; Preliminary Remarks; Reduction of Losses in the Channels; Modules; Divide Wall on Lower Chenab Canal; Specification for Maintenance of Channels; Specification for Maintenance Banks and Embankments; Specification for Bushing; Escapes; Gauges; Gibb's Module; Kennedy's Gaugr Outlet; Index About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Irrigation Works written by Arthur Powell Davis and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-04 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Irrigation Works: Constructed by the United States Government As a modern activity of the Caucasian race, irrigation in the United States on any considerable scale seems to have had its beginning in Utah in the settlement of the Salt Lake Valley. The early settlements of California, New Mexico, and other arid States extended the practice of the early Spaniards and the Indians, and irrigation developed along with the slow settlement of these then remote regions. During the early history of irrigation farmers and groups of farmers naturally confined their efforts mainly to diverting small streams upon adjacent valleys where the slope of the country and the topography were such as to make the work easy and cheap. With the values of land then existing no expensive enter prise was practicable. Such development proceeding for nearly half a century, widely distributed over the arid region, irrigated in the aggregate a very large area of land. The farmers em ployed the cheapest class of construction and seldom counted their own time in computing costs, which are hence reported very low. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Irrigation Engineering Classic Reprint written by Arthur Powell Davis and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-05 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Irrigation Engineering The first edition of Irrigation Engineering, was a pioneer in its field, and quickly took its place as the recognized stand ard therein, as indicated by its passage through six successive editions. At the date of the first edition and in fact, some time later, the large irrigation works of engineering interest were mostly in India and Egypt. Mr. Wilson's familiarity with those works, based largely on personal contact with them and their builders and operators, gave the early editions Of his work a special value as contributions to western knowledge of this subject. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Indian Irrigation written by Charles William Grant and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-22 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Indian Irrigation: Being a Short Description of the System of Artificial Irrigation and Canal Navigation in India In the following pages we have endeavoured to explain the nature of artificial irrigation in India, its great value to the natives of that country, to its own Government, and to the British Crown; and the profitable nature of its works, as an investment for money, drawn from the facts that such works of this description, as have been undertaken by the Indian Government on a large scale, have, during the last 14 years in the Madras Presidency, yielded a return of 70 percent., and are now producing upwards of 100 percent, on the money expended in their construction; whilst in the North-west Provinces of Bengal, they have yielded, and are yielding, 26 percent, on the capital. With such facts before them, a committee of gentlemen, all of whom are, or have lately been, connected with India, have proposed to establish a company for the purpose of extending artificial irrigation in India, proposing to begin their operations in the Province of Scinde - a country offering many advantages for the commencement of such an undertaking - as possessing a rich soil, dependant, owing to the scarcity of local rain, almost entirely upon artificial irrigation for its cultivation, but containing an abundant supply of water for feeding a canal from the river Indus, which intersects its entire length; from the favourable nature of the country through which the canal would pass for such an operation, and from the extreme facilities for conveying such produce as is suited for exportation to England, by the direct communication by large vessels now established with the port of Kurrachee. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Irrigation written by C. C. Scott Moncrieff and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-23 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Irrigation: Southern Europe: Being the Report of a Tour of Inspection of the Irrigation Works of France, Spain, and Italy, Undertake in 1867-68 for the Government of India Now that it is all over, the question sometimes occurs to me, cw: bono? Has the result attained been worth the trouble of attaining it? I do not know that I have discovered any improvements that can be directly ap plied to our Indian irrigation system. On most points (not on all, however) our engineering is quite as good as any on the canals of Europe. Our distribution of water in India is effected with at least equal economy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Water Requirements of Crops in India Classic Reprint written by J. Walter Leather and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2019-01-17 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Water Requirements of Crops in India IN Chapter XI of their report, the Indian Irrigation Commission, 1901-08, remark: In the course of our investigations we have been struck with the small amount of attention which appears to have been given by the Departments of Agriculture and Public Works to matters connected with the application of water to cultivated crops. At present most of the information which can be had on these points has to be taken from papers published by the Agricultural Bureau in America. It is indeed hardly necessary to dilate on the general importance of the subject in India where an efficient water-supply is, over at least very large areas, probably of greater importance than any other condition which appertains to its agriculture. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Restoration of the Ancient Irrigation Works on the Tigris written by William Willcocks and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-23 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Restoration of the Ancient Irrigation Works on the Tigris: Or the Re-Creation of Chaldea Series. - Bombay. Education Society's press, 1857. These memoirs were placed in my hands by Mr. Spring Rice, the British Com missioner of the Public Debt at Cairo, to whom I am also indebted for much information connected with these regions. Appendix A gives meteorological information about Bagdad, kindly supplied me by Sir John Eliot, the Director General of the Meteorological Department of India. Appendix B is a reprint of my address on Egypt Fifty Years Hence, delivered before the Khedivial Geographical Society at Cairo, 1902. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Irrigation Works of India Primary Source Edition written by Robert Burton Buckley and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Download or read book Irrigation written by Hanbury Brown and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-06-25 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Irrigation: Its Principles and Practice as a Branch of Engineering Irrigation is a subject which covers much ground, and cannot be confined within the narrow boundaries of a single volume. But the principles on which Irrigation Engineering is based can be collected in small compass, and be illustrated by examples of actual practice to the extent that space allows. What, therefore, this work attempts to do is to set forth the guiding principles that should govern the practice of irrigation, and to furnish illustrations of their application in existing canal systems. The majority of the illustrations have been selected from the wealth of material that the irrigation experience of India and Egypt supplies, for the following reasons. In the first place, I have been personally connected with irrigation in both countries, and can therefore handle the facts, relating to them, as one having authority on the subject, and not as the scribes, Whose methods I might be imitating were I to draw my illustrations from the records of other countries. In the second place, it is India that furnishes examples of irrigation on the largest scale, and that has been the school in which all British irrigation engineers, previously to England's occupa tion of Egypt, have undergone their training. Moreover, the excellent standard work on the subject, The Irrigation Works of India, by R. B. Buckley, provides in a convenient form more than enough material for copious illustrations, and I have made much use of it, with Mr. Buckley's kind permission. But it will be found that Egypt has been the favourite source of my borrowing. There are two good (so it appears to me) reasons for this. The first is that I am intimately acquainted with Egypt as an irrigating country. The second is that Egypt is par excellence the country of irrigation, as it is wholly depen dent for its existence on its mother, the Nile, from which it has never been weaned. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Manual of Irrigation Engineering Classic Reprint written by Herbert Michael Wilson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-24 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Manual of Irrigation Engineering The need of a comprehensive treatise on irrigation has been so frequently brought to my attention during the last few years, that I have undertaken to write this book with the hope that it may help those who are engaged in the study or practice of irrigation engineering. It is chiefly the result of original investigation, the descriptions of works being made from personal observation in America, Europe, and India. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Irrigation Works of India and Their Financial Results Being a Brief History and Description of the Irrigation Works of India and of the Profits written by Robert Burton Buckley and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2018-02-17 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Agricultural Engineering in India written by J. R. C. Nicolls and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-25 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Agricultural Engineering in India: Irrigation Again, the interference of the Government may render the villagers discontented, make them lazy, and take away their self-reliance. They will perhaps abandon drawing water from their wells altogether, and prefer the less laborious occupation of watching canal water flow over their fields. The cattle will deteriorate, since they are no longer required to raise the water. The facilities for production will lead to over-cropping and gradually impoverish the soil. Lands near the canal will become water-logged. The general spring level of the country will be raised by percolation and malarious fevers will increase and lastly, when their wells are abandoned, their cattle gone, and the cultivator become enervated and effeminate, in the midst of an exceptionally dry season, some accident will happen to throw the whole canal out of gear for several years. The answer to all these objections is the same. Your scheme must be designed and carried out intelligently. The cultivator must not be harassed or interfered with unnecessarily. The existing wells must not be interfered with, canal water only introduced into tracts where there are no wells, or only unstable ones. Over-cropping must be discouraged by only permitting a limited supply of water. Percolation must be prevented by clay puddling, and the superfluous water introduced by the canal provided for by suitable drainage schemes. Accident must be guarded against by every human precaution, and by making every member of the establishment responsible for the portion of which he holds charge. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Papers Relating to Water Supply Schemes in India Vol 1 written by India Public Works Department and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-25 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Papers Relating to Water-Supply Schemes in India, Vol. 1: Major Works Chief Engineer for Irrigation; and, in addition to this, I have been able to prepare plans for a scheme which will remedy the defects of the present supply, and which are, in accordance with the views of the Chief Engineer for Irrigation, as stated in his Note No. 145a, contained in the G. 0. Above referred to. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.