hurst watt (3 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. First edition. 28 cm; iv pages, 1 leaf, 44 pages, 1 leaf, and 4 plates Bound in original printed boards, with cloth backstrip. Covers worn and rather discolored at edges. Contents clean.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. None (illustrator). First edition. An interesting piece of engineering history. Being a report regarding the Asuan/Aswan Dam, a pioneering piece of irrigation engineering in Egypt. This report looks at the motion of water through sluices. This report also has an excerpt of proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Vol ccxviii, Session 1923-1924 part ii. The Institution was the first professional engineering body and was formed during the late eighteenth/early nineteenth centuries. The ICE have issued numerous works over the years. This report has some interesting provenance as it is from the library of Frederic Newhouse (1883-1969), sometime inspector-general of Egyptian irrigation in the Sudan. With his inscription to the front wrap. With several in-text diagrams and tables. Written by Harold Edwin Hurst and David Alexander Fraser Watt, with an abstract of the discussion upon the papers. Edited by the secretary of The Institution, H H Jeffcott. A fascinating piece of history from the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan condominium. In the original paper wraps. Externally, generally smart. Front wrap is torn at the joint and may detach with further handling. Loss to the head and tail of spine. Internally, generally firmly bound though strained in places. Pages are bright and clean. Good. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this report by leading hydrologist and namesake of the 'Hurst Exponent', Harold Edwin Hurst. An important work in the field of hydrology and regarding the river Nile. With fascinating provenance. From the library of Frederic Newhouse (1883-1969), was a sometime inspector-general of Egyptian irrigation in the Sudan. This title was published as a part of a series of reports commissioned by the 'Ministry of Public Works, Egypt'. The Egyptian Department of Public works was established in the early 19th century and concentrated on works relating to irrigation and hydraulic engineering. It became the most respected engineering entity and regarded as a fantastic school for civil engineers in modern Egypt. This work was issued during the British Occupation Period and is number 24 of the 'Physical Department Paper'. Co-written by Harold Edwin Hurst and D A F Watt. Hurst was a British hydrologist from Leicester. He produced several studies on the long-term storage capacity of reservoirs and of the fluctuation in water level in the Nile. He worked in Egypt for 62 years and was heavily involved in the new Aswan High Dam project, which was built using his plan. D A F Watt was a resident engineer at the Aswan Reservoir. This technical study charts tables of the discharge of sluices as well as outlining four methods to measure discharge of the Nile. Hurst presents the results of these methods, which includes a wide range of data. The minister of public works at the time, Ibrahim Fahmy, prefaces this work by stating that 'the present report marks to the conclusion of a piece of work of great importance to Egypt which has extended over more than twenty years'. With four plates to the rear of the work, comprising of one photograph and three plans. An interesting and important study on the Nile and the irrigation development during the British occupation. In a quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally, generally smart. Boards have faded, and have light scattered spots. Prior owner's inscription to the front board, F Newhouse No A F 4/3. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good. book.