 ... about the amount of available water, and about the way to get it. We are told that in chalk countries the rivers and streams carry off at once about, a fifth of the rain-fall ; that the evaporation and absorption by vegetables and animals amounts...  Water and Water Supply - Página 40por William Henry Corfield - 1875 - 145 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | William Henry Corfield - 1874 - 62 páginas
...especially those which are formed of primitive and metamorphic rocks, as granite, clay-slate, <fcc., and generally from impervious rocks that are steep-sided....examining, because that will tell you a very great deal about the amount of available water, and about the way to get it. We are told that in chalk countries... | |
 | 1875 - 612 páginas
...something like one-half. For instance, on the green sand, Mr. Prestwich estimated that from 36 to 60 per j cent, is available. On chalk and loose sand there...examining, because that will tell you a very great deal about the amount of available water, and about the way to get it. We are told that in chalk countries... | |
 | Chicago (Ill.). Bureau of Statistics - 1908 - 224 páginas
...notable writing of recent date, on the subject by Alderman Milton J. Foreman. Alderman Foreman says: "One of the most important things, if not the most important thing for the future, that Mayor Busse has accomplished during the first year of his administration has been... | |
 | Willa Cather - 1922 - 196 páginas
...in the homely truths which have been about him from his cradle. He is likely to feel that writing is one of the most important things, if not the most important thing, in the world, and that what he learns about it is his one really precious possession. He understands,... | |
 | United States. Congress. Joint Committee to Investigate Dirigible Disasters - 1933 - 956 páginas
...distribution of information for both lighter than air and heavier than air? General MITCHELL. The weather is one of the most important things, if not the most important thing, we have to deal with in the air. Airships have to watch the weather very much as the sailin ships did... | |
 | United States. Congress. Investigate Dirigible Disasters Joint Committee - 1933 - 980 páginas
...distribution of information for both lighter than air arul heavier than air? General MITCHELL. The weather is one of the most important things, if not the most important thing, we have to deal with in the air. Airships have to watch the weather very much as the sailing: ships... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Temporary National Economic Committee - 1939 - 1224 páginas
...compulsory license provisions. Representative Sumners. Here is what I am referring to, and I think it is one of the most important things, if not the most important thing, with which this committee, has to deal. That is, whether or not, when the Federal Government grants... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry - 1948 - 1520 páginas
...eventual formulating, when Congress meets, of a long-range agricultural program. Personally, I think it is one of the most important things — if not the most important thing — that the next session of Congress will have to deal with. Our objective, as you know, is to develop... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Temporary National Economic Committee - 1939 - 1222 páginas
...compulsory license provisions. Representative SUMNERS. Here is what I am referring to, and I think it is one of the most important things, if not the most important thing, with which this committee has to deal. That is, whether or not, when the Federal Government grants... | |
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