Ayres, Quincy Claude, 1891-

Land drainage and reclamation / by Quincy Claude Ayres and Daniels Scoates - 2d ed. - New York and London : McGraw-Hill Book co., 1939. - xi, 496 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - McGraw-Hill publications in agricultural engineering, Daniels Scoates ... consulting editor .

CONTENTS

Chapter I
Introduction

Chapter II
Measuring distance

Chapter III
Surveying with steel tape

Chapter IV
Levels and level rods

Chapter V
Leveling

Chapter VI
Adjusting levels

Chapter VII
Lines and angles

Chapter VIII
Topographical surveying

Chapter IX
Computing areas

Chapter X
Land surveying

Chapter XI
Drainage properties of soil

Chapter XII
Rainfall and run off

Chapter XIII
Open ditch design

Chapter XIV
Open ditch location and construction

Chapter XV
Open ditch Maintenance

Chapter XVI
Earth dams and Levees

Includes bibliographical references



Drainage.
Reclamation of land.

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