Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Production Notes
- PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION
- Contents
- LIST OF PLATES
- CHAPTER I BARGE CANALS
- CHAPTER II SHIP CANALS
- CHAPTER III THE COMPARTMENTS OF RIVERS DEFINED
- CHAPTER IV HYDROMETRIC OBSERVATIONS
- CHAPTER V DISCHARGE OF RIVERS–UNDER–CURRENTS–SPECIFIC GRAVITIES OF WATER, ETC
- CHAPTER VI THE “RIVER PROPER” COMPARTMENT
- CHAPTER VII TIDAL PROPAGATION AND TIDAL CURRENTS OF RIVERS
- CHAPTER VIII TIDAL COMPARTMENT–WORKS FOR ITS IMPROVEMENT
- CHAPTER IX APPLICATION OF THESE WORKS IN PRACTICE
- CHAPTER X SITUATIONS WHERE THE PRINCIPLES OF IMPROVEMENT RECOMMENDED ARE NOT APPLICABLE
- CHAPTER XI WORKS FOR ACCOMMODATION OF VESSELS
- CHAPTER XII “SEA PROPER” COMPARTMENT OF RIVERS
- CHAPTER XIII RECLAMATION AND PROTECTION OF LAND
- CHAPTER XIV CROSSING OF NAVIGATIONS BY RAILWAY BRIDGES
- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF RIVERS
- INDEX
- STEVENSON ON HARBOURS
- Frontmatter
- Production Notes
- PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION
- Contents
- LIST OF PLATES
- CHAPTER I BARGE CANALS
- CHAPTER II SHIP CANALS
- CHAPTER III THE COMPARTMENTS OF RIVERS DEFINED
- CHAPTER IV HYDROMETRIC OBSERVATIONS
- CHAPTER V DISCHARGE OF RIVERS–UNDER–CURRENTS–SPECIFIC GRAVITIES OF WATER, ETC
- CHAPTER VI THE “RIVER PROPER” COMPARTMENT
- CHAPTER VII TIDAL PROPAGATION AND TIDAL CURRENTS OF RIVERS
- CHAPTER VIII TIDAL COMPARTMENT–WORKS FOR ITS IMPROVEMENT
- CHAPTER IX APPLICATION OF THESE WORKS IN PRACTICE
- CHAPTER X SITUATIONS WHERE THE PRINCIPLES OF IMPROVEMENT RECOMMENDED ARE NOT APPLICABLE
- CHAPTER XI WORKS FOR ACCOMMODATION OF VESSELS
- CHAPTER XII “SEA PROPER” COMPARTMENT OF RIVERS
- CHAPTER XIII RECLAMATION AND PROTECTION OF LAND
- CHAPTER XIV CROSSING OF NAVIGATIONS BY RAILWAY BRIDGES
- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF RIVERS
- INDEX
- STEVENSON ON HARBOURS
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- The Principles and Practice of Canal and River Engineering , pp. 341 - 348Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013First published in: 1872