This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 Excerpt: ...2, p. 500. 10 days to 14 days to settle, while the solutions became perfectly limpid in from 14 hours to 18 hours, or from one-fifteenth to one-eighteenth part of the time." From these results, Mr. Sidell concludes "that the earthy matter is deposited more suddenly than "would be the case if it depended on the check of velocity alone; that the bars will be formed just at the debouches, or where the salt water is first met; and that the greater the quantity of water brought down, the sooner, on account of the sudden precipitation, will the bars be formed at the debouches." "Experiments on Rates of Deposit of River Silt.--The results of Mr. Sidell"s experiments were brought to the Author"s notioe in 1894, by some correspondence on his Paper on "The Training of Rivers," contributed...