Report on the agriculture and geology of MississippiEmbracing a sketch of the social and natural history of the state . IJQ I0 SECTIONo^ PUBLIC WELL ^^ COLUMBUS. THEORT OF ARTESIAN WELLS Sec pa^ Wailcs ocl L V,R0»tNTH/SU> CUBMO LiTM Pmil GEOLOGY. 261 afford an escape for the water through the superficialdeposits D, to the surface, or to the level of its source,the water itself being the motive power, and the elevat-ing force being restrained or counteracted in the degreeof the resistance the water encounters in passing throughthe strata, the weight of the column ejected, and thea
Report on the agriculture and geology of MississippiEmbracing a sketch of the social and natural history of the state . IJQ I0 SECTIONo^ PUBLIC WELL ^^ COLUMBUS. THEORT OF ARTESIAN WELLS Sec pa^ Wailcs ocl L V,R0»tNTH/SU> CUBMO LiTM Pmil GEOLOGY. 261 afford an escape for the water through the superficialdeposits D, to the surface, or to the level of its source,the water itself being the motive power, and the elevat-ing force being restrained or counteracted in the degreeof the resistance the water encounters in passing throughthe strata, the weight of the column ejected, and theatmospheric pressure above the surftice. It is obvious, therefore, that borings into A, in thedirection of its outcropping, or into the basin itself, if itwere filled with superficial deposits to a higher levelthan the source of the subterranean fountain, would notbe attended with success. Other agencies may co-operate, it is true, in producingthis efiect, as the carbonic acid gas, which, in its escapefrom its invaded sources, forces the water up with it. In the remarkable well at Kissingen, in Bavaria, acolumn of salt water, discharging one hundred cubic
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