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THE work of the French “Direction de l'Hydraulique” has already been the subject of two articles in these columns (May 7, 1908, and November 25, 1909). On both occasions a tribute was paid to the very effective and thorough manner in which the department was carrying out its systematic investigation into the hydraulic reserves of the mountain ranges of France. The volume now under review is the fourth of the series, and it sustains the favourable impression created by its predecessors. It brings the record of observations down to the end of 1910, completing a period of very nearly eight years since the inception of the department. The service, in so far as it relates to the region of the Alps (which is the only range at present under observation, though the extension of the work to the. Pyrenees is impending), is now concentrated under the direction of M. R. de la Brosse, whose former coadjutor, M. R. Tavernier, has become Insp.ecteur général de l'Hydraulique agricole.
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La Houille Blanche 1 . Nature 89, 72–73 (1912). https://doi.org/10.1038/089072b0
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