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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. inked notations on front pastedown.

Condition: Fair. 1922. No Edition Remarks. 270 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. From the Wiley Agricultural Engineering series. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Foxing more noticeable towards the start and end of the book and on text block edges. A few dog-eared corners. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Boards a little rubbed and marked overall. Slight water staining to rear. Small white spot to front joint. Spine is slightly sunned. Boards are bowed. Book has a moderate forward lean. Gilt bright.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: New. ISBN:9789383285822.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Part I: Field Drainage: 1. Development, importance and future of drainage. 2. Benefits of drainage. 3. Relation of soil to drainage. 4. Relation of soil water to drainage. 5. Types of drains and their location. 6. Materials for covered drains. 7. Depth and frequency of tiles. 8. Measurement of drainage water. 9. Size and grade for tiles. 10. Construction of underdrains. 11. Costs and profits of tile drainage. 12. Development of wetland. Part II: District Drainage: 13. Drainage districts and drainage laws. 14. Assessments of drainage benefits and costs. 15. Large tiles vs. open ditches. 16. Design, construction and maintenance of open ditches. 17. Flood control. 18. Estimates of costs of large drainage systems. Part III: Special Drainage Problems: 19. The drainage of tidal and overflowed marsh lands. 20. The drainage of irrigated lands. 21. Drainage by means of pumping from wells. 22. Prevention and control of erosion, with special reference to terracing. 23. Miscellaneous drainage problems. Part IV: Drainage Surveying: 24. Drainage surveying and practice. Appendix. In the present book 'Land Drainage' the subject has been developed largely as a matter of applied soil physics. Drainage is considered herein as a means of reclaiming additional areas and making of wet lands more productive. Reclamation of arid and wet lands affords the chief means of increasing our food producing areas and drawing a greater proportion of our population into the rural areas. The whole subject matter has been divided into 24 chapters and 4 parts which includes field drainage, district drainage, special drainage problems and drainage surveying. Review questions, general references and laboratory exercises have also been included. The book will be useful not only for students and teachers but also for soil scientists, agronomist, agricultural engineers, environmentalist and extension workers.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1922 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 300 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 300 Language: English.