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Report upon the physics and hydraulics of the Mississippi river : upon the protection of the alluvial region against overflow, and upon the deepening of the mouths : based upon surveys and investigations made under the acts of Congress directing the topographical and hydrographical survey of the delta of the Mississippi river, with such investigations as might lead to determine the most practicable plan for securing it from inundation, and the best mode of deepening the channels at the mouths of the river
- Title
- Report upon the physics and hydraulics of the Mississippi river : upon the protection of the alluvial region against overflow, and upon the deepening of the mouths : based upon surveys and investigations made under the acts of Congress directing the topographical and hydrographical survey of the delta of the Mississippi river, with such investigations as might lead to determine the most practicable plan for securing it from inundation, and the best mode of deepening the channels at the mouths of the river / prepared by A.A. Humphreys and H.L. Abbot.
- Author
- Humphreys, A. A. (Andrew Atkinson), 1810-1883.
- Publication
- Washington : G.P.O., 1867.
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- Additional Authors
- Abbot, Henry L.
- Description
- xx, 214 p. : ill., fold. maps; 23 cm.
- Uniform Title
- Professional papers (United States. Army. Corps of Engineers) ; no. 13.
- Subjects
- Note
- On back cover: Levees of the Mississippi.
- "Submitted to the Bureau of Topographical Engineers, War Department, 1861."
- Reprint of introductory letter, chapters 2, 6, 7, and plate 2, from Report upon the physics and hydraulics of the Mississippi river [Professional papers of the Corps of Topographical Engineers, United States Army, no. 4. Professional papers of the Corps of Engineers of the U.S. Army, no. 13].
- Call Number
- VWI (United States. Engineer Bureau. Professional papers, no. 13)
- LCCN
- 28030219
- OCLC
- 4522776
- Author
- Humphreys, A. A. (Andrew Atkinson), 1810-1883.
- Title
- Report upon the physics and hydraulics of the Mississippi river : upon the protection of the alluvial region against overflow, and upon the deepening of the mouths : based upon surveys and investigations made under the acts of Congress directing the topographical and hydrographical survey of the delta of the Mississippi river, with such investigations as might lead to determine the most practicable plan for securing it from inundation, and the best mode of deepening the channels at the mouths of the river / prepared by A.A. Humphreys and H.L. Abbot.
- Imprint
- Washington : G.P.O., 1867.
- Series
- Professional papers (United States. Army. Corps of Engineers) ; no. 13.
- Added Author
- Abbot, Henry L.
- Research Call Number
- VWI (United States. Engineer Bureau. Professional papers, no. 13)