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
Survey of a stream, 21.
Sutlej River, silt in, 35.
Syphons, 132, 135.
Tay River, silt in, 35.
Teddington, weir at, 119.
Tidal estuaries, works in, 198.
-- river, diagrammatic route-guide, 196.
-- rivers, 192.
-- works in, 196.
Tide-gauges, 192.
Tides, 190.
Tista River, closure of, 81.
Training of rivers, 84.
Types of work, choice of, 3.
Upper Jhelum Canal, syphons to carry torrents, 144.
Velocities which enable a stream to scour, 40.
Villa system of bank protection, 69.
-- -- bed protection, 59.
Waste weir, hydraulic problem, 165.
Water supply, Birmingham, 173.
Waterway, area of, in regulators, 129.
Wave, travel of, down a stream, 152.
Waves, effect of, 29.
Wazirabad, bridge at, 134.
Weeds, artificial, 70.
-- growth of, 29.
Weirs, 102.
-- adjustable, 126.
-- Bear Trap, 123.
-- drum, 127.
-- frame, 120.
-- general design of, 105.
-- Narora, 109.
-- oblique, 103.
-- Okla, 112.
-- on sandy or porous soil, 106.
-- Richmond, 119.
-- silt deposit, upstream of, 103.
-- types of, 111.
-- waste, 164.
-- with sluices, 115.
Wire-netting for bank protection, 70, 140.
Works, design and execution of, 3.
Zifta Regulator, 109.
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FOOTNOTES:
[1] _Min. Proc. Inst. C.E._
[2] _Engineering News._
[3] _Encyclopædia Britannica._
[4] The paper by Spring--in size it is a book--will repay perusal by
engineers engaged on railway bridges over large shifting rivers. London
Agents, Constable & Co.
[5] _Hydraulics with Working Tables._ Spon, 1912.
[6] Irrigation canals are dealt with in _Irrigation Works_ (Spon, 1913).
[7] See also Appendix A.
[8] The regulator runs across the canal head; the under-sluices are a
continuation of the weir, between the divide wall and the regulator.
[9] See also Appendix B.
[10] On Indian canals the term “regulation” is applied to the control
of the discharge at the regulators or off-take works.
[11] See also Appendix B.
[12] _Irrigation Works_, CHAP. I., _Art. 4_.
[13] _Min. Proc. Inst. C.E._, vols. lx. and lxxxv.
[14] _Rivers and Canals_, Harcourt.
[15] _Rivers and Canals_, Harcourt.
[16] _Rivers and Canals_, Harcourt.
[17] The foundations of piers and abutments should be deep enough to
allow of this.
[18] _Report on the Revised Estimate, Upper Jhelum Canal._
[19] _Revised Estimate of the Upper Jhelum, Upper Chenab, and Lower
Bari Doab Canals._
[20] See also Note on p. 161.
[21] The height of a wave is supposed to be 1·4√(fetch), but this
allows nothing for splashing.
[Transcriber’s Note:
Obvious printer errors corrected silently.
Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation are as in the original.]
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