Irrigation works

Madras: printed by the Superintendent, Goverment Press, 1906. — 296 p.
When the original College text-book on Engineering went out of print, it was decided that it should be ree written in the form of several manuals. The first to be undertaken was one on Hydraulics which was published in 1887. A Manual of Building Materials and Construction was issued in 1894.
The want of a Manual on Irrigation Works was felt by the College, and in 1896 a small work, adapted for the most part from Mullins' "Irrigation Manual" by permission of the Government, and with the late General Muffins' consent, was published.
Experience showed, however, that this work required revision and amplification to fit it for College requirements, and it has accordingly been re-written. The present publication does not aim at being a comprehensive treatise on irrigation, it is merely a manual compiled for the use of students. I have to acknowledge the courtesy of Mr.R.B. Buckley in granting permission to make use of his book " Irrigation Works in India and Egypt," to Mr.Herbert M. Wilson in regard to extracts from his "Manual of Irrigation Engineering," to Mr.James D. Schuyler for leave to reproduce several illustrations from his book on "Reservoirs for Irrigation, Water Power and Domestic Supply," and to Messrs. Ransomes and Rapier for the notes on Stoney's sluices.