A London encyclopaedia, or universal dictionary of science, art, literature and practical mechanics : comprising a popular view of the present state of knowledge : illustrated by numerous engravings, a general atlas, and appropriate diagrams (1829)
Curtis, Thomas, fl. 1820 · London : Thomas Tegg · leaf 479
drain, and formed by willow, or other ties,into an endless cable of ten or twelve inches indiameter, and then rolled in, which is said tolorm an excellent drain with the least quantity ofmaterials, and to last a longer time than any ofthe modes above mentioned. Some cut thebrush-wood into lengths… … spray, straw, or rushes, and finally the surfacesoil. The spray drain is generally like the graveldrain, of small size, and formed like it, with anacute angled bottom. In general, the spray is trodfirmly in; tliough in some cases it is previouslyformed into a cable, as in the brush-wood…
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