Higgins, George — Water channels.

London, Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1927. Signed by author. 135 pp. hard cover. The scope is confined to hydraulic problems met with when designing channels for the conveyance of water. It is not proposed to discuss the flow in natural channels, seeing that in these the flow is only roughly approximated to when formulae derived from measurements made with artificial regular channels are applied to them. -- Pref. Illustrated with black and white drawings, several folded at rear. Includes index. Some of the diagrams included in paging. Sdescription VG. Light shelf wear to original blue cloth covers, corners bumped, light foxing to outer pages and page edges, author’s inscription dated 1927 on free front endpaper, four short closed tears to the margin of p.15, overall very good condition. No Jacket.