Paramelle Jean Baptiste (12 results)

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. L'Art de Decouvrir les Sources: La Geognosie. Book.

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware.

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Couverture souple. Condition: Neuf.

Soft cover. Condition: New. xvii, 127 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm. Contents: Hills -- Depressions on the earth's surface -- Internal structure of the earth -- Unstratified rocks -- Stratified rocks -- Examination of high places -- Examination of hillslopes -- Examination of lowlands -- Examination of flowing water bodies -- Meaning of the word "spring" -- Erroneous opinions on the origin of springs -- Responses to erroneous opinions on the origin of springs -- The true origin of springs -- How springs form -- Underground pathways that groundwater follows -- Where to dig for water -- How to determine the depth of an underground watercourse -- How to determine the volume of an underground watercourse -- Rock types favorable for the discovery of underground watercourses -- Rock types unfavorable for the discovery of underground watercourses -- Volcanic rocks that are unlikely to contain underground watercourses -- Friable rocks where underground watercourses are not likely to be found -- Rock types that lack water because of their structure or lack of cohesion -- Mineral, thermal, and periodic springs -- Potable and non-potable springs -- Methods for clarifying turbid underground watercourses -- How to exploit underground watercourses -- Underground watercourses that appear late or not at all -- Ways to compensate for lack of groundwater -- Origin and development of this theory -- Underground watercourses found on the basis of this theory -- Ancient and modern methods of finding underground watercourses. …

8vo, 20.8cm. Pp. [4],xx,428, notes & refs., subject index. Contemporary quarter morocco, gilt lettering and decoration on backstrip and initials "R. de C.", marbled boadrs. Small waterstain in inner margin of first three leaves, near fine otherwise.

In 8° (cm. 22,5 x 14,5); pagg. XX, 426, (1); brossura originale con cornice tipografica. Qualche lieve brunitura, ma esemplare molto buono e non rifilato. VG. ** Seconde édition, revue, corrigée et augmentée.