The Principles of Field Drainage

Table of Contents

Preface
List of illustrations
1. Former neglect of drainage work. Measures of government assistance
2. The history of field-draining developments in Great Britain
3. The moisture properties of soil. The incidence of drainage
4. Percolation. Permeability. The water table. The special case of clay land
5. Drainage conditions in the field. (Soil and site factors. The main types of drainage circumstances)
6. The use of published maps in field-drainage work
7. The investigation of field-drainage problems
8. Ditches
9. Tile draining. Methods and principles. Renovation of old systems. Design and materials
10. Mole draining. Suitable soils, details, causes of failure, machinery, procedure
11. The way in which drains work. Rates of flow from outfalls
12. Drainage of aerodromes, sports grounds and field fortifications
13. Field drainage, river flow and floods
14. Field drainage. Present position and progress
Appendix
Some useful data
A bibliography of field drainage
Index.

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