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The history of hydrology / edited by Edward R. Landa and Simon Ince ; with a foreword by William Back.

Contributor(s): Series: History of geophysics ; v. 3.Publication details: Washington, DC : American Geophysical Union, 1987.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 122 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraitsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781118665398
  • 1118665392
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: History of hydrology.LOC classification:
  • GB659.6 .H47 1987
Online resources:
Contents:
Darcy' law: its physical theory and application to entrapment of oil and gas / M King Hubbert -- The Alexandrian equation / Luna B Leopold -- The last word on science / Bruce R Wheaton -- Some early attempts at theory formation in fluid mechanics / Simon Ince -- Medieval Saint Barbara worship and professional traditions in early mining and applied earth sciences / HO Pfannkuch -- A history of paleoflood hydrology in the United States, 1800-1970 / John E Costa -- Measuring the rivers of the past: a history of fluvial paleohydrology / Peter C Patton -- Discovery of the aquifers of the New Jersey coastal plain in the nineteenth century / CM Epstein -- Early twentieth-century investigations of the radioactivity of waters in North America / Edward R Landa -- History of thought on the origin of subsurface sedimentary brines / Jeffrey S Hanor -- The "physics" of soil water physics / Garrison Sposito -- R.E. Moore and yolo light clay / Jim Constantz -- Charles Sumner Slichter-an engineer in mathematician's clothing / Herbert F Wang -- Contributions of Robert E. Horton / Francis R Hall -- Max Leggette, pioneer of hydrogeology consultants / RG Slayback.
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Darcy' law: its physical theory and application to entrapment of oil and gas / M King Hubbert -- The Alexandrian equation / Luna B Leopold -- The last word on science / Bruce R Wheaton -- Some early attempts at theory formation in fluid mechanics / Simon Ince -- Medieval Saint Barbara worship and professional traditions in early mining and applied earth sciences / HO Pfannkuch -- A history of paleoflood hydrology in the United States, 1800-1970 / John E Costa -- Measuring the rivers of the past: a history of fluvial paleohydrology / Peter C Patton -- Discovery of the aquifers of the New Jersey coastal plain in the nineteenth century / CM Epstein -- Early twentieth-century investigations of the radioactivity of waters in North America / Edward R Landa -- History of thought on the origin of subsurface sedimentary brines / Jeffrey S Hanor -- The "physics" of soil water physics / Garrison Sposito -- R.E. Moore and yolo light clay / Jim Constantz -- Charles Sumner Slichter-an engineer in mathematician's clothing / Herbert F Wang -- Contributions of Robert E. Horton / Francis R Hall -- Max Leggette, pioneer of hydrogeology consultants / RG Slayback.

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