Excerpt from Report on the Measurement of the Volume of Streams and the Flow of Water in the State of New YorkIn some cases (as on the Oswego river eight miles from Lake Ontario) a fixed wire cable is stretched across the stream well above high-water level, and the observer makes meter-readings from a car in which he travels upon this cable.It is intended to establish these meter stations upon all the streams where it is practicable and to gradually discontinue the observations at dams where the conditions are unsatisfactory.In collecting for publication the records obtained during 1900, there have also been collected certain heretofore unpublished former records of these streams and the results are here given in tables showing the daily mean ¿ow, and also hydro-graphs which 'give the same information graphically, and which show at a glance the periods of high-water and of low-water and the regular or erratic character of the ¿ow of the various streams, which difier widely with the varied nature of their watersheds. The hydro graph of the Oswego river, for instance, is exceptionally uniform, showing the effect of natural regulation of its ¿ow by the many central New York lakes which it drains. The hydrographs of several of the creeks which ¿ow into the Mohawk show sudden and extreme variations, resulting from the quick run-off which is characteristic of their watersheds.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 digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.