Excerpt from Les Irrigations, Vol. 1: Les Eaux d'Irrigation Et les Machines
L'exemen des terrains géologiques (livre sous le rapport du régime des eaux et de leur aptitude à la culture en prairie, auquel se joint l'étude des climats et des circonstances météorologiques qui intéressent l'irrigation nous conduit à retracer, par des exemples choisis en Italie, en Espagne et en France, les conditions de quelques territoires irrigués depuis des siècles.
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