The Sea-coast: (1) Destruction (2) Littoral Drift (3) ProtectionLongmans, Green, and Company, 1902 - 361 páginas This title deals with the effects of erosion and littoral drift on the English and continental coast-lines bordering the North Sea, and outlines protective measures including sea-walls and groynes. |
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William Henry Wheeler. BY THE SAME AUTHOR Medium 8vo . 16s . net TIDAL RIVERS Their Hydraulics , Improvement , and Navigation Forming a Volume of LONGMANS ' CIVIL ENGINEERING SERIES LONGMANS , GREEN , AND CO . LONDON , NEW YORK , AND BOMBAY ...
William Henry Wheeler. BY THE SAME AUTHOR Medium 8vo . 16s . net TIDAL RIVERS Their Hydraulics , Improvement , and Navigation Forming a Volume of LONGMANS ' CIVIL ENGINEERING SERIES LONGMANS , GREEN , AND CO . LONDON , NEW YORK , AND BOMBAY ...
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... DRAINAGE OF FENS AND LOW LANDS BY GRAVITATION AND STEAM POWER , " " AND TIDAL RIVERS " WITH ILLUSTRATIONS LONGMANS , GREEN , AND CO . 39 PATERNOSTER ROW , LONDON NEW YORK AND BOMBAY 1902 All rights reserved ་ 4 . Am . 7-00-0 . " Reclass .
... DRAINAGE OF FENS AND LOW LANDS BY GRAVITATION AND STEAM POWER , " " AND TIDAL RIVERS " WITH ILLUSTRATIONS LONGMANS , GREEN , AND CO . 39 PATERNOSTER ROW , LONDON NEW YORK AND BOMBAY 1902 All rights reserved ་ 4 . Am . 7-00-0 . " Reclass .
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... tidal coasts having the same characteristics . Before determining the design of works for coast - protection , it is essential that due consideration should be given to the laws that govern the action of waves breaking on the shore ...
... tidal coasts having the same characteristics . Before determining the design of works for coast - protection , it is essential that due consideration should be given to the laws that govern the action of waves breaking on the shore ...
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... Tidal waves - Wind waves - Ground swell , or rollers - Breaking waves- Movement of material at great depths - Power of waves - Force of impact 7 CHAPTER III LITTORAL DRIFT . Classifications of drift - Source of supply - Present contour ...
... Tidal waves - Wind waves - Ground swell , or rollers - Breaking waves- Movement of material at great depths - Power of waves - Force of impact 7 CHAPTER III LITTORAL DRIFT . Classifications of drift - Source of supply - Present contour ...
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... tidal conditions of every part of the coast vary so much that no general laws can be laid down as to the principle on which works for their protection should be carried out , and each particular locality , if it is to be properly ...
... tidal conditions of every part of the coast vary so much that no general laws can be laid down as to the principle on which works for their protection should be carried out , and each particular locality , if it is to be properly ...
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The Sea-coast: 1. Destruction, 2. Littoral Drift, 3. Protection William Henry Wheeler Vista completa - 1902 |
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12 feet 20 feet alluvium angle bank of shingle basalt beach in front beach material Blackpool boulder clay boulders Bridlington carried chalk chalk cliffs channel chert clay coast coast-line composed concrete considerable constructed Crown 8vo denudation deposited depth derived direction distance dunes east effect entrance erected erosion estuary extends face feet high Felixstowe flints flood tide foot gravel groynes harbour headland heavy gales height high tides high water Humber Illustrations inches in diameter island jetty Kilnsea land length limestone littoral drift London Clay low groynes low water marshes mile wide Morecambe Bay on-shore gales pebbles pier piles placed planking promenade protection quantity quartzite rise river rocks sand and shingle sand-hills sandstone sandy sea-wall seaward shingle and sand shingle-bank shore slope spit spring tides Spurn Point stones surface tidal timber varying wall washed waves breaking width wind Withernsea yards wide
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