An Account of the Mode of Draining Land; According to the System Practised by Mr. Joseph Elkington Drawn Up for the Consideration of the Board of Agriculture
An Account of the Mode of Draining Land; According to the System Practised by Mr. Joseph Elkington Drawn Up for the Consideration of the Board of Agriculture
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1801 edition. Excerpt: ...at little expence."--Agricultural Report oj Hertfordshire, page 67. In situations where a proper command of water can be obtained, and where the entrance to the mine is likewise adapted for the purpose, the use to which it may be converted is still more advantageous, by driving machinery to bring out the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1801 edition. Excerpt: ...at little expence."--Agricultural Report oj Hertfordshire, page 67. In situations where a proper command of water can be obtained, and where the entrance to the mine is likewise adapted for the purpose, the use to which it may be converted is still more advantageous, by driving machinery to bring out the minerals, and atao for working an engine pump, for clearing the mine of subterraneous water, flowing from the cavities of the rocks that are met with in working. His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch's coal-works, near Langholm, in Dumfries-shire, are a striking example of this, and of the superior powers of water and machinery when properly combined, where a command of the former can be obtained, and when the latter is constructed on proper principles, and conducted with that care and ingenuity which are necessary in such undertakings. It frequently occurs, in working quarries of lime or freestone, that, at a certain depth, part of the rock containing water is hit on, whereby the quarry is soon so filled with water, as to put a stop to working it deeper, where the best of the stone lies. The common remedy in such cases is, either to eredt a wind-mill pump, to draw out part of the water (for the whole cannot be taken away by this means), or to open a new quarry adjoining to the last, which at the same depth meets with the like obstruction, or to bring up a very deep and often expensive cut, vinder the level of the water, from the nearest declivity..By the following method, however, all quarries of limestone, freestone, marl, 8cc. liable to such an obstruction, may be completely cleared of water at little expence; and the drain, at the same time, will serve a double purpose, by drying the wet ground, which, in consequence of the spring contained in...
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