Author: Willcocks, William, Sir [1852-1932]
Title: Egyptian Irrigation
Description: London, E. & F. N. Spon, 1899. orig. cloth, 2nd edition.. 26x18cm, xxvii,485 pp. Original decorated cloth. Weighs 1950 grams. A small tear to spine. Some spine buckling.. 46 plates.. Binding corners bumped. Rubbed. Rear interior hinge crack. Good. ¶ Some of the folding plates have tears. Includes 46 diagram & map plates, many folding. With an introduction by Major Hanbury Brown. Contents: Egypt;The Nile; Basin Irrigation in Upper Egypt; Perennial Irrigation in Upper Egypt; Perennial Irrigation in Lower Egypt; Egypt by Provinces; Drainage & Land Reclamation; The Barrages; The Nile in Flood; Engineering Details; Duty of Water and Agricultural; Administrative & Legal; Reservoirs; Appendices.

Keywords: Modern Egypt, Land Reclamation, Nile Irrigation, Hydrography, Agriculture, Colonial History, African Hydrology, Civil Engineering, Water Resources, Africa