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Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (1935) 240 (1935): 456–497.
Published: 01 January 1935
...M G PLATTS © Thomas Telford and ICE 1935 MADRAS GOVERNMENT HYDROELECTRIC DEVELOPMENT ELECTRIFICATION HYDROELECTRICITY WATER POWER COUNTRIES DEVELOPING RIVERS RAINFALL RUNOFF MONSOONS CATCHMENTS REGULATION STORAGE EVAPORATION ABSORPTION LOSS RESERVOIRS FLOODS...
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Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (1935) 240 (1935): 394–404.
Published: 01 January 1935
... skilled labour or timbering (which was difficult in that country), and thesimplest of plant. Many well-foundations had been successfully sunk with no more elaborate arrangements than a few coolies working at the bottom of the well with changkols, a basket, a rope for lifting the basket over a pulley...
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Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (1935) 240 (1935): 365–393.
Published: 01 January 1935
... amount of plant existed in the country. This plant was the property of the contractors, and had been stored since the completion of other similar contracts in the Sudan and Egypt. It was, therefore, decided to utilize this plant in preference to providing an entirely new and more up-to-date scheme, which...
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Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (1935) 240 (1935): 498–512.
Published: 01 January 1935
... devoted entirely to remedial measures of structures which hadpartially failed. To appreciate the present Paper thoroughly, the original description of the works in question should be studied.1 The following sentences therefrom would give some idea of the geology of the country The treacherous nature...
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Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (1935) 240 (1935): 342–364.
Published: 01 January 1935
... and must be regarded as only indicative of the probable rainfall ; they do not record its intensity in the first 50 miles of the course of the river, which is entirely in virgin country. The dry-weather flow of the Perak river a t a gauging-station established by the hydraulicbranch of the Public Works...
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Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (1935) 239 (1935): 390–399.
Published: 01 January 1935
...H HEADLAND; A W LASH; R F LEGGET; H RITSON; F C TEMPLE; B M HELLSTROM © Thomas Telford and ICE 1935 RIVERS POWER PLANT COUNTRIES DEVELOPING CONSTRUCTION HYDROELECTRICITY POWER STATIONS HYDRAULIC MODELS HOLLOW SPILLWAYS METHODS DESIGN SPEED TURBINES CONCRETE DAMS...
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Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (1935) 239 (1935): 447–464.
Published: 01 January 1935
...J A R BROMAGE; J S SETHI © Thomas Telford and ICE 1935 BRAITHWAITE & CO WATER SUPPLY WATERWORKS STORAGE RESERVOIRS STEEL SITES SELECTION FOUNDATIONS PILLARS RETAINING WALLS ERECTION PAINTING PIPELINES PIPES TOWNS COUNTRIES DEVELOPING MURREE INDIA...
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Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (1935) 239 (1935): 630–642.
Published: 01 January 1935
...H J DEANE; A C GARDNER; R F HINDMARSH; E LATHAM; J MITCHELL; J E MONK; E J BUCKTON; T C FRAMPTON; A GRAY CONSTRUCTION HARBOURS DEVELOPMENT PORTS BREAKWATERS COUNTRIES DEVELOPING DESIGN WORKS FAILURES DAMS COFFERDAMS BERTHING STEEL SHEETPILING EXTRACTION PILES SCREWS CYLINDERS...
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Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (1935) 239 (1935): 253–312.
Published: 01 January 1935
... beenemployed they have often tried t o apply a kind of quasi-renaissancestylefrequently used for monumental buildings. The result hansoitnvariably been a happy one. In some European countries a new movement aiming a t a closer relation between architecture andutility was starteda few years ago. Instead...
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Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (1934) 237 (1934): 572–593.
Published: 01 January 1934
... to this country brought the matterforward, and theGovernment set up a Committee of which he had the honour to be Chairman, from which resulted the Oversea Mechanical Transport Committee, of which he still had the honour to be a member. The terms of reference to that Committee were, in effect, to consider what...
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Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (1934) 237 (1934): 479–507.
Published: 01 January 1934
..., that silt was scoured out. In Madras, it might be remarked, the constant supplydemanded by the rice irrigation necessitated the water inthe river being equitably divided out amongst all the channels, andthey were runwith whateversupplywas available. When an engineer wasdesigning a canal in a new country...
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Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (1934) 237 (1934): 454–478.
Published: 01 January 1934
... thickness, but towards the north of the Province the country approaches Saharan conditions, with increasing areas of sand. The mean annual rainfall in Kano is from 33 to 34 inches : monsoon conditions prevail and the rainy season is confined substantially to the months of May to September inclusive. 1931...
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Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (1934) 237 (1934): 546–572.
Published: 01 January 1934
...J W SPILLER © Thomas Telford and ICE 1934 ROADS RAILWAYS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS INFRASTRUCTURE COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COSTS CONSTRUCTION SURFACES MOTORS TRANSPORT GOODS REVENUE FINANCE REGULATION COLONIES STATISTICS MALAYA KENYA NIGERIA TANZANIA TANGANYIKA MALAYSIA...
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Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (1934) 238 (1934): 71–92.
Published: 01 January 1934
... shuntingengines into thegrid behind sheds3 and 4, whence it is distributed.Uptrafficisleftunsorted in the long sidings a t the bottom of the southernapproach railway, fromwhich it is taken into marshallingsidings in Kilindini Stationyard, where it is marshalled into trains for up-country destinations...

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