JAMES FORREST, Assoc. INST. C.E., SECRETARY. LONDON: Published by the Institution, 25, GREAT GEORGE STREET, WESTMINSTER, S.W. 1887. [The right of Publication and of Translation is reserved.] bel 1480.72 JUN 20 1917 HARVARD LE LIBRARY ADVERTISEMENT. The Institution as a body is not responsible for the facts and opinions advanced in the following pages. LONDON: PRINTED BY WM. CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED, STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS. CONTENTS. "Chalk Springs in the London Basin, illustrated by the Newbury, "Borings in the Chalk at Bushey, Herts." By W. Fox. (2 cuts). "On a Bore-hole in Leicestershire." By T. S. STOOKE. (3 cuts) "The Wells and Borings of the Southampton Waterworks." By W. Appendix: The Deep Well on Southampton Common PAGE 128 "The Conversion of Timber by Circular-Saws and by Band-Saws in the Pine-Growing Districts of the United States of America." By L. H. |