The art of finding springs : a translation of L'art de découvrir les sources, seconde édition /

The book chronicles the beginning of hydrogeology in France in the mid-nineteenth century. Abbe J.-B. Paramelle got his start searching for groundwater on a karst plateau in 1818, and by 1856 had found water in more than 10,000 places in France with a 90% success rate. He wrote this book to describe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Paramelle, abbé, 1790-1875 (Author)
Corporate Author: Geological Society of America
Other Authors: Bobeck, Patricia (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boulder, Colorado : Geological Society of America, 2019.
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Special papers (Geological Society of America) ; 539.
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Summary:The book chronicles the beginning of hydrogeology in France in the mid-nineteenth century. Abbe J.-B. Paramelle got his start searching for groundwater on a karst plateau in 1818, and by 1856 had found water in more than 10,000 places in France with a 90% success rate. He wrote this book to describe his observations and methods.
Physical Description:xvii, 127 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780813725390
0813725399