Rudimentary Treatise on Well Digging, Well Boring and Pump Work (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781724784032)

This special re-print edition of Swindell's book "Rudimentary Treatise on Well Digging, Boring and Pump Work" is a guide to digging, boring and drilling water wells. Written in 1860 before the advent of modern well drill techniques, this classic text provides insight into everything a person would wish to know about drilling or digging their own well on a farm, homestead, remote property or elsewhere utilizing old fashioned well drilling techniques. Chapters include Preliminay Observations on Well Digging, The Theory of Springs, How To Find Springs and Subteranean Waters, The Practice of Well Digging, Well Boring, Methods of Raising Water and more. Also included are insights into the history of wells, pumping engines and much more. A very insightful book on the subject of water supply that will be of interest to farmers, homesteaders, those living off the grid and others. Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As a result, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background.

Author: Roger Chambers, John George Swindell
ISBN-10: 172478403X
ISBN-13: 9781724784032
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 08/03/2018
Pages: 126
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.27d