Download or read book Spillways for Reservoirs and Canals (Classic Reprint) written by Albert Thomas Mitchelson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Spillways for Reservoirs and Canals Long crests discharging thin sheets of water will give greater factors of safety than short spillways with greater depths, will afford less liability to fracture or do other damage to the dam as a result of the impact of the heavier volume of water, and will insure closer regulation of the pond level. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.