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Excerpt from Earth Dams: A StudyExtreme care in the selection of the site, sound judgment in the choice of materials and assiduity in superintending the work while in progress, are all vitally essential.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to di...

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Excerpt from Earth Dams: A Study The earth dam is probably the oldest type of dam in existence, antedating the Christian Era many hundreds of years. The litera ture upon this subject is voluminous, but much of it is inaccessible and far from satisfactory. No attempt will here be made to collate this literature or to give a history of the construction of earth dams, however interesting such an account might be. The object will rather be to pre...

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. The writer wishes to acknowledge his appreciation of the assist- ance given him by Mr. Jas. D. Schuyler, M. Am. Soc. C. E., Con- sulting Hydraulic Engineer, in reviewing this paper, and in making suggestions of value. Appendix II. contains a list of authors whose writings have been freely consulted, and to whom the writer is indebted the numerous citations in the body of the paper further indicate the obligations of the writer...