CHAPTER V.

SUBTERRANEAN WATERS AND ARTESIAN WELLS.

Subterranean Distribution of the Waters—Admirable

Provisions of Nature—Hydrostatic Laws regulating the

Flow of Springs—Thermal Springs—Intermittent Springs—The

Geysir—Bunsen’s Theory—Artesian Wells—Le Puits de

Grenelle—Deep Borings—Various Uses of Artesian Wells—

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