Excerpt from Notes on Irrigation Works: A Course of Lectures Delivered at Oxford Under
Under the auspices of the Common Fund of Oxford University, a course of lectures on Irrigation Works was delivered by the Author in the winter of 1909. The lectures were addressed to Students of Engineering and to Students of Geography; the former interested in the subject from the professional, and the latter from the economic point of view.
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Paperback. Condizione: New. Print on Demand. This book provides a detailed investigation into the construction of irrigation works from a historical and contemporary perspective. Irrigation systems have been employed by various civilizations over millennia to improve or supplement the natural rainfall distribution for agricultural purposes. The author discusses the determining factors for choosing an optimal irrigation system, the types of irrigation systems and their evolution, and the role of drainage in an irrigation system's long-term success or failure. The author reviews the most significant examples of irrigation works from Ancient Mesopotamian to modern Indian and Egyptian practices. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Codice articolo 9780282925932_0
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