Mechanics of the household; a course of study devoted to domestic machinery and household mechanical appliances (1918)
Keene, E. S. (Edward Spencer), b. 1864 · New York, McGraw-Hill book company, inc.; · leaf 153
ufficientrapidity to supply a pump. In such cases bored wells are quitegenerally used. They are made by boring a hole of the requiredsize with an earth auger. These wells are made of any size upto 2 feet in diameter. They are often called tubular wells because 142 MECHANICS OF THE HOUSEHOLD they… … illJii ^^^^ Fig. 128.—Driven well with a sand-point strainer. necessary that they be occasionally cleaned. Accumulationsfrom these causes may be sufficient to hinder the entrance of thewater to the well and thus lessen its capacity. Gases in Wells.-—One of the commonest gases found in wells…
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