Water Supply: the Present Practice of Sinking and Boring Wells / With Geological Considerations and Examples of Wells Executed

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CONTENTS.

PREFACE.

CHAPTER I. GEOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS.

CHAPTER II. THE NEW RED SANDSTONE.

CHAPTER III. WELL SINKING.

CHAPTER IV. WELL BORING.

CHAPTER V. AMERICAN TUBE WELL.

CHAPTER VI. WELL BORING AT GREAT DEPTHS.

CHAPTER VII. EXAMPLES OF WELLS EXECUTED, AND OF DISTRICTS SUPPLIED BY WELLS. Permian Strata.

CHAPTER VIII. TABLES AND MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.

INDEX.

E. and F. N. SPON'S NEW BOOKS.

Catalogue of Books RELATING TO PRACTICAL SCIENCE PUBLISHED AND

Title: Water Supply: the Present Practice of Sinking and Boring Wells

With Geological Considerations and Examples of Wells Executed

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SINKING AND BORING WELLS.

WATER SUPPLY.

THE PRESENT PRACTICE
OF
SINKING AND BORING WELLS;

WITH GEOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND
EXAMPLES OF WELLS EXECUTED.

BY
ERNEST SPON,

MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS; OF THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE; OF THE IRON AND STEEL
INSTITUTE; AND OF THE GEOLOGISTS’ ASSOCIATION.

LONDON:
E. & F. N. SPON, 48, CHARING CROSS.
NEW YORK: 446, BROOME STREET.
1875.



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