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River and Canal Engineering, the characteristics of open flowing streams, and the principles and methods to be followed in dealing with them.Bellasis, E. S. (Edward Skelton)

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River and Canal Engineering, the characteristics of open flowing streams, and the principles and methods to be followed in dealing with them.

Name: River and Canal Engineering, the characteristics of open flowing streams, and the principles and methods to be followed in dealing with them.
Author: Bellasis, E. S. (Edward Skelton)

Bellasis, E. S. (Edward Skelton)

Canals; Hydraulic engineering; Rivers

+-----+---------+---------------+-------------------------------------+
  |Year.|Rainfall.|   Available   |          Remarks.                   |
  |     |         |   Rainfall.   |                                     |
  +-----+---------+---------------+-------------------------------------+
  |     | Inches. |Ratio to Total.|                                     |
  |1895 |  34·1   |      ·84      |Heavy rain falling on saturated area.|
  |1896 |  33·7   |      ·28      |Evenly distributed fall.             |
  |1897 |  44·7   |      ·49      |Heavy rains in May.                  |
  |1898 |  56·4   |      ·45      |  ”     ”      February (15 ins.).   |
  |1899 |  54·9   |      ·43      |  ”     ”      August (11·5 ins.).   |
  |1900 |  26·1   |      ·50      |  ”     ”      May and July.         |
  |1901 |  37·4   |      ·11      |Evenly distributed fall.             |
  |1902 |  29·9   |      ·06      |                                     |
  |1903 |  41·7   |      ·23      |No heavy fall.                       |
  +-----+---------+---------------+-------------------------------------+

The manner in which the available rainfall may vary from month to month
is shown in the following statement, which gives the figures for 1905
for the Sudbury River in Massachusetts:--

  +---------+---------+-----------------------+
  | Month.  |Rainfall.|  Available Rainfall.  |
  +---------+---------+-----------------------+
  |         | Inches. |    Percentage of fall.|
  |January  |   5·3   |           48          |
  |February |   2·2   |           24          |
  |March    |   3·2   |          142          |
  |April    |   2·7   |          104          |
  |May      |   1·3   |           40          |
  |June     |   5·0   |           16          |
  |July     |   5·5   |            6          |
  |August   |   2·7   |            8          |
  |September|   6·9   |           31          |
  |October  |   1·5   |           18          |
  |November |   2·1   |           23          |
  |December |   4·0   |           40          |
  |         |         |                       |
  +---------+---------+-----------------------+
  | Total   |  42·3   |     Average 39·5      |
  +---------+---------+-----------------------+

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