Robert Stephenson (1803-1859) - The first groundwater engineer

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 225, Issue , 2004, Pages 107-119

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Indexed keywords

BIOGRAPHY; CIVIL ENGINEERING; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; HYDROGEOLOGY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 4344589309     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.225.01.08     Document Type: Article

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17. SMITH, W. 1815. A delineation of the strata of England and Wales with part of Scotland; exhibiting the Collieries and Mines, the Marshes and Fen Lands originally overflowed by the Sea, and the varieties of Soil according to the Variations in the Substrata, illustrated by the most descriptive names by W. Smith. Cary, London.
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