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PP - Proceedings Papers
- 13 - Scientific papers published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society volume 45, 1889
  - 32 - Paper, 'The principles of training rivers through tidal estuaries, as illustrated by investigations into the methods of improving the navigation channels of the estuary of the Seine [France]' by Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt

RefNo	PP/13/32/1
Previous numbers	PP/45/35
Level	Item
Title	Manuscript, 'The principles of training rivers through tidal estuaries, as illustrated by investigations into the methods of improving the navigation channels of the estuary of the Seine [France]' by Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt
Creator	Vernon-Harcourt; Leveson Francis (1839-1907); British civil engineer
Date	1889
Description	Vernon-Harcourt writes: 'The conditions affecting the training of rivers in the non-tidal portions of their course by jetties, or rubble embankments designated as training walls, are well understood. Training walls substitute a straightened uniform channel for irregularities and varying widths, improving the flow of the current and rendering it uniform, so that scour occurs in the shallow, narrowed portions, and more uniformity of depth is attained.' Annotations in pencil and ink. Includes three pages of diagrams of 'investigations of schemes for improving the estuary. Subject: Civil engineering Received 19 January 1889. Read 7 February 1889. Communicated by Augustus George Vernon Harcourt. A version of this paper was published in volume 45 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'The principles of training rivers through tidal estuaries, as illustrated by investigations into the methods of improving the navigation channels of the estuary of the Seine'.
Extent	25p
Format	Manuscript
PhysicalDescription	Unbound paper in marbled paper cover, ink and graphite pencil on paper
Digital images	View item on Science in the Making
AccessStatus	Open
RelatedMaterial	DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1888.0121

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Code	PersonName	Dates
NA8233	Harcourt; Augustus George Vernon (1834 - 1919)	1834 - 1919

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