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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

Bengal Dooars Railway, bridge and floods, 139.

  Bifurcation of a channel, 53.

  Birmingham water supply, 173.

  Borrow-pits in bed of channel, 53.

  Breakwaters, converging, 207.

  Bridges, 132.

  -- foundations or floor, 132.

  -- on Indian rivers, 134.

  -- piers and abutments, 132.

  -- protection of, 137.

  -- at Wazirabad, 134.

  British Rainfall Organisation, 9.

  Canalisation of rivers, 84.

  Canals, 92.

  -- fall, 113.

  -- headworks, 54.

  -- navigation, 93.

  -- rapid, 113.

  -- Ship, 95.

  Catchment area, “yield,” 9.

  Channel, alterations in, 4.

  Chanoine falling shutters, 121.

  Chenab River at Shershah, 210.

  Choice of types of work, 3.

  Closures of streams, Colorado River, 80.

  -- -- cradle for, 78.

  -- -- Tista River, 81.

  Collection of information concerning streams, 18.

  Colorado River, closure of, 80.

  Conduits, 92, 100.

  Cradle for closing streams, 78.

  Culverts, 135.

  -- flooding of, 136.

  Dams, culvert of, 180.

  -- design of masonry, 181.

  -- earthen, 174.

  -- masonry 181.

  -- -- construction of, 185.

  -- -- design, 181.

  -- -- failures of, 185.

  -- -- stresses in, 185.

  -- pitching of, 179.

  -- reservoir, 162.

  -- Sidhnai Canal, 117.

  -- tower for culvert, 180.

  Dee estuary, 201.

  Dera Ghazi Khan, Indus at, 71.

  Discharge curves, 23.

  -- observations, 21.

  -- tables, 24.

  Divide wall, Gagera branch canal, 209.

  Drainage, 141.

  Dredging and excavating, 84, 88.

  Drift, littoral, 205.

  Eddies, scouring power of, 28.

  Embankments, 156.

  -- design of, 157.

  -- Holland, 159.

  -- Irrawaddy, 159.

  -- Rhine, 159.

  -- slips in, 177.

  Estuaries, Dee, 201.

  -- Mersey, 202.

  -- Seine, 200.

  -- tidal, 197.

  Fall, canal, 113.

  Fallacies in hydraulics, 5.

  Falling shutters, Chanoine, 121.

  -- -- Fouracres, 121.

  -- -- Khanki, 124.

  -- -- Thénard’s, 121.

  Flood discharge, estimating, 148.

  Floods, 141, 146.

  -- Bengal Dooars Railway, 139.

  -- formulæ for, 147.

  -- prediction, 150.

  -- prevention, 153.

  Flowing stream, closure of, 75.

  Ford in a river, 43.

  Forests and vegetation, influence of, on rainfall, 14.

  Formulæ for floods, 147.

  Groynes or spurs, 58, 60, 61.

  -- on the Indus, 53.

  Guide banks, 137.

  Headworks of a canal, 54.

  Holland, embankments, 159.

  Hurdle dykes, 79.

  Hydraulics of open streams, 4.

  -- -- fallacies in, 209.

  Important works, precautions at, 130.

  Indian rivers and bridges, 134.

  Indus, groynes on, 53.

  Information concerning streams, collection of, 18.

  Inundation canal, flume in, 209.

  Irrawaddy, embankments, 159.

  Irrigation channels in embankment, 52.

  Irwell, weir on, 124.

  Jetties, in continuation of river banks, 204.

  -- Mississippi, 205.

  -- Richmond River, New South Wales, 206.

  Kali Nadi, aqueduct, 149.

  Khanki, falling shutters at, 124.

  Leakage, stoppage of, 78.

  Lockage, 98.

  Locks, 96.

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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.

Bellasis, E. S. (Edward Skelton)

Canals; Hydraulic engineering; Rivers

Bengal Dooars Railway, bridge and floods, 139.

  Bifurcation of a channel, 53.

  Birmingham water supply, 173.

  Borrow-pits in bed of channel, 53.

  Breakwaters, converging, 207.

  Bridges, 132.

  -- foundations or floor, 132.

  -- on Indian rivers, 134.

  -- piers and abutments, 132.

  -- protection of, 137.

  -- at Wazirabad, 134.

  British Rainfall Organisation, 9.

  Canalisation of rivers, 84.

  Canals, 92.

  -- fall, 113.

  -- headworks, 54.

  -- navigation, 93.

  -- rapid, 113.

  -- Ship, 95.

  Catchment area, “yield,” 9.

  Channel, alterations in, 4.

  Chanoine falling shutters, 121.

  Chenab River at Shershah, 210.

  Choice of types of work, 3.

  Closures of streams, Colorado River, 80.

  -- -- cradle for, 78.

  -- -- Tista River, 81.

  Collection of information concerning streams, 18.

  Colorado River, closure of, 80.

  Conduits, 92, 100.

  Cradle for closing streams, 78.

  Culverts, 135.

  -- flooding of, 136.

  Dams, culvert of, 180.

  -- design of masonry, 181.

  -- earthen, 174.

  -- masonry 181.

  -- -- construction of, 185.

  -- -- design, 181.

  -- -- failures of, 185.

  -- -- stresses in, 185.

  -- pitching of, 179.

  -- reservoir, 162.

  -- Sidhnai Canal, 117.

  -- tower for culvert, 180.

  Dee estuary, 201.

  Dera Ghazi Khan, Indus at, 71.

  Discharge curves, 23.

  -- observations, 21.

  -- tables, 24.

  Divide wall, Gagera branch canal, 209.

  Drainage, 141.

  Dredging and excavating, 84, 88.

  Drift, littoral, 205.

  Eddies, scouring power of, 28.

  Embankments, 156.

  -- design of, 157.

  -- Holland, 159.

  -- Irrawaddy, 159.

  -- Rhine, 159.

  -- slips in, 177.

  Estuaries, Dee, 201.

  -- Mersey, 202.

  -- Seine, 200.

  -- tidal, 197.

  Fall, canal, 113.

  Fallacies in hydraulics, 5.

  Falling shutters, Chanoine, 121.

  -- -- Fouracres, 121.

  -- -- Khanki, 124.

  -- -- Thénard’s, 121.

  Flood discharge, estimating, 148.

  Floods, 141, 146.

  -- Bengal Dooars Railway, 139.

  -- formulæ for, 147.

  -- prediction, 150.

  -- prevention, 153.

  Flowing stream, closure of, 75.

  Ford in a river, 43.

  Forests and vegetation, influence of, on rainfall, 14.

  Formulæ for floods, 147.

  Groynes or spurs, 58, 60, 61.

  -- on the Indus, 53.

  Guide banks, 137.

  Headworks of a canal, 54.

  Holland, embankments, 159.

  Hurdle dykes, 79.

  Hydraulics of open streams, 4.

  -- -- fallacies in, 209.

  Important works, precautions at, 130.

  Indian rivers and bridges, 134.

  Indus, groynes on, 53.

  Information concerning streams, collection of, 18.

  Inundation canal, flume in, 209.

  Irrawaddy, embankments, 159.

  Irrigation channels in embankment, 52.

  Irwell, weir on, 124.

  Jetties, in continuation of river banks, 204.

  -- Mississippi, 205.

  -- Richmond River, New South Wales, 206.

  Kali Nadi, aqueduct, 149.

  Khanki, falling shutters at, 124.

  Leakage, stoppage of, 78.

  Lockage, 98.

  Locks, 96.

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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.

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