Book, A Short Account of the Nile Basin
Maker
Hurst, Harold Edwin
Production date
1944
Current rights
Public Domain
Object detail
Brief Description
Book by Harold Edwin Hurst entitled: A Short History of the Nile Basin. Written for the Ministry of Public Works, Egypt. Dated 1944.
Contents include sections entitled: Historical and General, Description of the Basin, Climate, Health and Vegetation, Hydrology, Irrigation and Future Projects and Flood Protection. Includes an index.
Maps and Diagrams include The Nile Basin, The Lake Plateau, The Southern Sudan, The Blue and White Niles, The Main Nile, Mean Annual Rainfall, Normal Monthly Rainfall, Temperature at Helwan, Nile Gauge Readings 1931-1932, Discharge of the Nile at Aswan, Discharges of the Nile and Tributaries, Mohammed Aly Barrage, Diagram of the Irrigation System and Aswan Dam.
Printed by Government Press, Cairo.
Contents include sections entitled: Historical and General, Description of the Basin, Climate, Health and Vegetation, Hydrology, Irrigation and Future Projects and Flood Protection. Includes an index.
Maps and Diagrams include The Nile Basin, The Lake Plateau, The Southern Sudan, The Blue and White Niles, The Main Nile, Mean Annual Rainfall, Normal Monthly Rainfall, Temperature at Helwan, Nile Gauge Readings 1931-1932, Discharge of the Nile at Aswan, Discharges of the Nile and Tributaries, Mohammed Aly Barrage, Diagram of the Irrigation System and Aswan Dam.
Printed by Government Press, Cairo.
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Maker
Production date
1944
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Production technique
Media/Materials description
Printed ink on paper.
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Measurements
Height x Width: 270 x 200mm
Signature/Inscription
P J Grant, Inscription, Handwritten
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Subject period
Subject date
1944
Current rights
Public Domain
Credit line
from the estate of Patrick Grant
Other number(s)
m2010/99/304, 89781
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