David Stevenson

The Principles and Practice of Canal and River Engineering

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An influential treatise on inland navigation, this work was revised and updated for a second edition in 1872.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 396
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 600g
• ISBN-13: 9781108057721
• ISBN-10: 1108057721
• Artikelnr.: 38244154

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to second edition
1. Barge canals
2. Ship canals
3. The compartments of rivers defined
4. Hydrometric observations
5. Discharge of rivers
6. The 'river proper' compartment
7. Tidal propagation and tidal currents of rivers
8. Tidal compartment - works for its improvement
9. Application of those works in practice
10. Situations where the principles of improvement recommended are not applicable
11. Works for accommodation of vessels
12. 'Sea proper' compartment of rivers
13. Reclamation and protection of land
14. Crossing of navigations by railway bridges
Physical characteristics of rivers
Index.