Author: Sirry, Hussein, Pasha
Title: Training and Defense Works of the Nile in Egypt
Description: [Cairo], Egyptian Irrigation Service, 1922. orig.wrappers. 23x15cm, 51,(24) pp.. 24pp maps & plans.. Rubbed. Spine torn & chipped. Good. ¶ Includes 24 maps & plans - several folding. Contents: The Nile & Its Divisions; Technology & Characteristics of the Nile; Tortuous Formation of the River Course; Training of the Nile; Defence Works; Bank Protection; Protection Work during Flood.

Keywords: Modern Egypt, Nile River, Hydrology, Hydrography, Engineering, , , ,