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" Treatise,' defines artesian wells as " perpetually flowing fountains, obtained by boring a small hole through strata that are destitute of water into lower strata loaded with subterranean sheets of this important fluid, which ascends by hydrostatic pressure... "
Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England - Page 279
by Royal Agricultural Society of England - 1865
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Sacred philosophy of the seasons, Volume 2

Henry Duncan - 1836 - 434 pages
...artificial fountains, obtained by boring a small hole through strata that are destitute of water, into lower sheets of this important fluid, which ascends by hydrostatic...through pipes let down to conduct it to the surface." There are numerous instances of this application of human skill to the supply of what was a desideratum...
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Railway Locomotives and Cars, Volume 6

1838 - 712 pages
...small hole, through strata that are destitute of waters, into lower strata loaded with subterraneous sheets- of this important fluid, which ascends by...through pipes let down to conduct it to the surface. The is name derived from Artois (the ancient Artesium) where the practice of making such wells has...
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The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Hammersmith: Interspersed with ...

Thomas Faulkner - 1839 - 482 pages
...small hole through strata that are destitute of water, into lower strata loaded with subterraneous sheets of this important fluid, which ascends by hydrostatic...through pipes let down to conduct it to the surface. The name is derived from Artois, (the ancient Artesium,) where the practice of making such wells has...
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The King's College Magazine, Volume 2

1842 - 240 pages
...stratum of clay, or some other impermeable stratum, into one of sand, or some other containing water, which ascends by hydrostatic pressure through pipes let down to conduct it to the surface (see fig. 2). Artesian wells are most available, and of the greatest use, in low and level districts,...
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The Garden: An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Gardening in All Its ..., Volume 4

1873 - 576 pages
...that are destitute of water into lower strata loaded with subterranean sheets of this important flnid, which ascends by hydrostatic pressure through pipes...besides which, their construction so far differs, that ยป shaft, as of an ordinary well, must be sunk below the level attained by the water, from which it...
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Sacred Philosophy of the Seasons: Illustratring the Perfections of ..., Volume 2

Henry Duncan - 1839 - 408 pages
...artificial fountains, obtained by boring a small hole through strata that are destitute of water, into lower sheets of this important fluid, which ascends by hydrostatic...through pipes let down to conduct it to the surface." There are numerous instances of this application of human skill to the supply of what was a desideratum...
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