Abstract
THE science of hydraulics in France has long been served by distinguished and devoted adherents—to instance only a few, Bazin, St. Venant, Du Buat, Prony, and Boussinesq. The numerous contributions of this last-named exponent, during a period of nearly forty years, to the Academy of Sciences and other scientific bodies, are familiar enough to students of the subject, but, owing to their detached and voluminous character (the total publications of the eminent man of science amount to 1800 quarto pages), they have not hitherto been conveniently adapted to the requirements of systematic study, and it has long been felt that a résumé of their more important conclusions would be of great service. At the instance, therefore, of the director of the Bibliothèque de Mékanique, and with the concurrence of M. Boussinesq himself, the present work was undertaken with this end in view.
Hydraulic Générale.
By A. Boulanger. 2 Vols. Tome i., Principes et Problèmes Fondamenteaux. Pp. xvi+382. Tome ii., Problèmes à Singularités et Applications. Pp. vii+299. (Paris: Octave Doin et Fils.) Price 10 francs.
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Hydraulic Générale . Nature 80, 396–397 (1909). https://doi.org/10.1038/080396b0
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