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THE recent disastrous floods in France and England call attention to the question whether it is practicable so to regulate the flow of the water in rivers as to prevent, or at least greatly diminish, such misfortunes for the future. Facts and numerical data exist which show that such regulation is practicable with much less difficulty and cost than would be thought by any one who had not made the necessary calculations.
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The Regulation of Rivers . Nature 12, 258–259 (1875). https://doi.org/10.1038/012258a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/012258a0