Abstract
THE author of this treatise, in his position of professor of civil engineering and applied mechanics at McGill University, Montreal, has exceptional opportunities for conducting experimental investigations on the flow of water, owing to the remarkably complete equipment of the hydraulic laboratory under his charge, which the University owes, in addition to many other endowments, to the munificent liberality of Sir William C. McDonald, a well-known merchant residing in Montreal. It is very satisfactory to note that Prof. Bovey has made full use of his opportunities in advancing the study of hydraulics, as indicated, in the first instance, by the publication of the first edition of this book in 1895; whilst this second edition, with its rearrangement, its large quantity of new matter, and its additional tables of experimental results, marks the progress which has been made in the interval towards raising the subject of hydraulics, so long based on empirical formulas, into the position of an exact science.
A Treatise on Hydraulics.
By Henry T. Bovey Second edition, rewritten. Pp. xviii + 583. (New York: John Wiley and Sons; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1901.)
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A Treatise on Hydraulics . Nature 65, 315–316 (1902). https://doi.org/10.1038/065315a0
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