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Water Supply: the Present Practice of Sinking and Boring Wells With Geological Considerations and Examples of Wells Executed
By Ernest Spon
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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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