Water Supply: the Present Practice of Sinking and Boring Wells With Geological Considerations and Examples of Wells Executed
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SINKING AND BORING WELLS.
CONTENTS.
PREFACE.
CHAPTER I. GEOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS.
Extent of Superficial Area.
Mineral Character of the Formation.
Position and General Conditions of the Outcrop.
Height of Water-bearing Strata above Surface of Country.
Rainfall in the District where the Water-bearing Strata Crop out.
Disturbances of the Strata.
Extent of Superficial Area.
Mineral Character of the Formation.
Position and General Conditions of the Outcrop.
Height of Water-bearing Strata above Surface of Country.
Rainfall in the District where the Water-bearing Strata Crop out.
Disturbances of the Strata.
CHAPTER II. THE NEW RED SANDSTONE.
CHAPTER III. WELL SINKING.
CHAPTER IV. WELL BORING.
CHAPTER V. AMERICAN TUBE WELL.
CHAPTER VI. WELL BORING AT GREAT DEPTHS.
Kind-Chaudron System.
Dru’s System.
Mather and Platt’s System.
Kind-Chaudron System.
Dru’s System.
Mather and Platt’s System.
CHAPTER VII. EXAMPLES OF WELLS EXECUTED, AND OF DISTRICTS SUPPLIED BY WELLS.
Permian Strata.
Trias Strata.
Oolitic Strata.
Cretaceous Strata.
Permian Strata.
Trias Strata.
Oolitic Strata.
Cretaceous Strata.
CHAPTER VIII. TABLES AND MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.
Storing Well-water.
Hints on Superintending Well-work.
Rate of Progress of Boring. (André.)
Cost of Boring.
Tempering Boring Chisels.
Gases in Wells.
Storing Well-water.
Hints on Superintending Well-work.
Rate of Progress of Boring. (André.)
Cost of Boring.
Tempering Boring Chisels.
Gases in Wells.
INDEX.
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