Project Gutenberg 2014-05-20 Public domain in the USA. 804 Spon, Ernest Water Supply: the Present Practice of Sinking and Boring Wells With Geological Considerations and Examples of Wells Executed E-text prepared by Chris Curnow, Brian Wilcox, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "Water Supply: the Present Practice of Sinking and Boring Wells" by Ernest Spon is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. This work explores the engineering aspects of well construction, providing insights into geological considerations and methodologies for successfully sinking and boring wells. The book aims to inform engineers and those involved in water supply about the practices and principles governing effective water extraction. The opening of the book introduces the dire necessity for adequate water supply in growing communities and emphasizes the advantages of wells in providing uncontaminated water compared to surface sources. Spon discusses the importance of geological knowledge in selecting appropriate sites for wells to minimize costs and maximize water yield. He references specific cases where costly drilling produced scant water due to poor site selection, setting the stage for a deeper exploration of geological factors affecting water availability in subsequent chapters. Overall, this section establishes the foundational rationale for the engineering practices and technical discussions that will follow in the text. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45703/45703-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 62.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Water-supply Wells Boring TD Text Category: Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming Category: Engineering & Technology 768822 2025-09-18T12:23:31.726836 text/html 744894 2024-10-24T07:21:22 text/html 15752809 2025-09-18T12:23:48.715718 application/epub+zip 15748724 2025-09-18T12:23:34.872885 application/epub+zip 234072 2025-09-18T12:23:33.241863 application/epub+zip 15673766 2025-09-18T12:23:56.018763 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 15607094 2025-09-18T12:23:46.411820 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 389498 2022-09-20T19:39:23.011049 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 483388 2025-09-18T12:23:28.390929 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 463318 2024-10-24T07:21:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16402 2025-09-18T12:23:56.222685 application/rdf+xml 11329 2025-09-18T12:23:33.450815 image/jpeg 1197 2025-09-18T12:23:33.349785 image/jpeg 12828496 2025-09-18T12:23:32.187828 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog