Author: H. E. Hurst and P. Phillips
Title: The Nile Basin
Description: Cairo, Schindler's Press/Government Press, 1938-1939. Cloth. Four volumes of this set of geographical publications about the Nile river. From the Ministry of Public Works, Egypt. Physical Department. Includes: Physical Department Paper No. 33, Supplement to Volume II. Measured Discharges of the Nile and its Tributaries from 1928 to 1932. Physical Department Paper No. 35, Volume V. The Hydrology of the Lake Plateau and Bahr El Jebel. Physical Department Paper No. 36, Second Supplement to Volume IV. Ten-Day Mean and Monthly Mean Discharges of the Nile and its Tributaries for the Years 1933-1937 and Normals for the period 1912-1937. Physical Department Paper No. 37, Second Supplement to Volume III. Ten-Day Mean and Monthly Mean Gauge Readings of the Nile and its Tributaries for the Years 1933-1937 and Normals for the period 1912-1937. Volume V contains numerous plates, many folding, some coloured, and many maps including two large folding to the rear. The supplements contain tables of calendars and readings. Harold Edwin Hurst (1880-1978) was a British hydrologist. Hurst's (1951) study on measuring the long-term storage capacity of reservoirs documented the presence of long-range dependence in hydrology. Much of Hurst's research was motivated by his empirical observations of the Nile. The Hurst exponent, which has been used in other fields, such as finance and cardiology, was named after him. His biography is found in the Hydrological Sciences Bulletin of December 1979. In original half cloth bindings with paper boards. Externally generally sound, although rubbed with some marks. Three hinges are slightly strained. Internally, firmly bound. Bright and generally clean, some light spotting to textblock edges, marginal spotting in volume V. Small closed tear to one large folding map. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

Keywords: Geography Nile Africa Egypt Nile None


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