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BEGINNING with the physical properties of water, and dealing in order with the substances usually found dissolved in natural waters, the sources of these soluble materials, and the geological nature of the rocks through which subterranean waters percolate, the reader is introduced to the methods of water analysis in common use. The arrangement of strata and the characteristics of common rocks are explained with a view to making the circulation of underground waters easily understood. The third division of the volume, dealing with “La recherche des sources et des eaux souterraines,” includes a chapter on “les signes extérieurs,” which is only of doubtful scientific value, though many water-diviners doubtless receive great guidance from such considerations. Several of the illustrations are ingenious, and the book will be interesting to civil engineers who are concerned with questions of water supply.
L'Art de Découvrir les sources et de les Capter.
By E. S. Auscher Pp. 278. (Paris: J. B. Baillière et Fils, 1899.)
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L'Art de Découvrir les sources et de les Capter. Nature 59, 75 (1898). https://doi.org/10.1038/059075d0
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