 ... thing that makes a river slower is an increase of its width, because then there is more frictional surface; and contrariwise, one of the things that makes it faster is a decrease of its width. Narrow the Mississippi then, at its mouth, said Eads,...  James B. Eads - Page 73by Louis How - 1900 - 120 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Iles - 1906 - 594 pages
...Narrow the Mississippi then, at its mouth, said Eads, and it will become swifter there, and consequently will remove its soft bottom by picking up the sediment...be lost in deep water and swept away by currents, you will have your deep channel. In other words, if you give the river some assistance by keeping its... | |
 | George Iles - Inventions - 1906 - 586 pages
...Narrow the Mississippi then, at its mouth, said Eads, and it will become swifter there, and consequently will remove its soft bottom by picking up the sediment...be lost in deep water and swept away by currents, you will have your deep channel. In other words, if you give the river some assistance by keeping its... | |
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