The Practical Design of Irrigation Works (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Practical Design of Irrigation WorksThis book is written with the special object of setting forth the principles governing the design of irrigation works in a detailed, as well as a general aspect, so that any engineer, even if not specially conversant with this branch of engineering science, may be enabled, by the use of proper dis crimination in the selection of models, and by due attention to the principles on which good design must be grounded, to evolve suitable plans of irrigation works.In order to effect this purpose to the best advantage, an entirely new departure has been adopted in the method of instruction pursued. This consists mainly in the production of plans of existing or projected works, combined with a systematic analysis of the salient points involved in each design. This critical examination will expose the good and the bad features, so that the reader will be enabled to exercise discrimination in what to accept and follow and what to reject. At the same time, in order to thoroughly illustrate the subject, alternative designs for the works thus reviewed, embodying the suggested improvements, are provided, wherever such appears desirable.The method of procedure thus sketched is clearly superior, from an instructive point of view, to the ordinary one of dumping down a number of record plans of various works, some of which are of quite obsolete form, without any critical remarks on their merits or demerits from the stand point of modern development. The inexperienced designer in that case is left without guide in the selection of suitable types, and consequently is unconsciously led to follow old precedents in design, to the exclusion of more modern improvements, or to the exercise of his own ingenuity.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.