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THIS is the second edition of a book published in New York in 1903. The authors are assistant engineers in the service of the United States, and have drawn to a considerable extent on their personal experience of works carried out in that country. The subjects dealt with are:— Chap, i., The characteristics of rivers; ii., Regulation of river channels; iii. and iv., Dredging and Snagging; v., Embankments and their protection; vi., Levees; vii., Storage reservoirs; viii., The improvements of the outfalls of rivers. The second part relates principally to the canalisation of rivers. Tidal rivers are not dealt with.
The Improvement of Rivers.
By B. F. Thomas D. A. Watt. In two volumes. Pp. xv + 749 + 76 plates. (New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1913.) Price 31s. 6d. net.
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The Improvement of Rivers . Nature 92, 525–526 (1914). https://doi.org/10.1038/092525a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/092525a0
