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IRRIGATION WORKS
_By the Same Author_
RIVER AND CANAL ENGINEERING. The Characteristics of Open Flowing
Streams, and the principles and methods to be followed in dealing with
them. 72 illustrations, x + 220 pp., 8vo (1913).
=8/6= net.
PUNJAB RIVERS AND WORKS. Second Edition. 47 illustrations, viii + 64
pp., folio (1912).
=8/-= net.
HYDRAULICS WITH WORKING TABLES. Second Edition. 160 illustrations, xii
+ 311 pp., 8vo (1911).
=12/-= net.
THE SUCTION CAUSED BY SHIPS. Explained in Popular Language. 2 plates,
26 pp., 8vo, sewed (1912).
=1/-= net.
E. & F. N. SPON, LTD., LONDON
[Illustration: BRIDGE ON AN INDIAN CANAL.
_Frontispiece._]
IRRIGATION WORKS
THE PRINCIPLES ON WHICH THEIR DESIGN
AND WORKING SHOULD BE BASED, WITH
SPECIAL DETAILS RELATING TO
INDIAN CANALS
AND SOME PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS
BY
E. S. BELLASIS, M.INST.C.E.
RECENTLY SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER IN THE IRRIGATION BRANCH OF
THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT OF INDIA
37 Illustrations
[Illustration]
London
E. & F. N. SPON, LTD., 57 HAYMARKET, S.W.
New York
SPON & CHAMBERLAIN, 123 LIBERTY STREET
1913
CONTENTS
PAGE
PREFACE vii
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
ARTICLE
1. Preliminary Remarks 1
2. General Principles of Canal Design 2
3. Information concerning Canals 11
4. Losses of Water 16
5. Duty of Water 21
6. Sketch of a Project 26