A new method of making the banks in the Fens almost impregnable [electronic resource] : So as in time to resist the force of rivers, in the most impetuous floods, and prevent all future inundations. With a new but certain method of preparing the lands therein, for the growth of our most valuable timber, viz. oak, elm, ash, &c. Particularly those extensive tracts of lands in the counties of Cambridge and Lincoln, &c. Also some observations on the River Cam; how to confine its bounds and improve its navigation; which may serve for a plan for any other inland river, &c. By John Harrison, botanist, nursery-man in Cambridge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harrison, John, botanist.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Flood control--England--Early works to 1800.

Flood control.

Rivers--England--Early works to 1800.

Rivers.

Fens, The (England)--Early works to 1800.

Fens, The (England).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi,[1],61,[1]p. )

Other Title:

New method of making the banks in the Fens almost impregnable

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : printed for, and sold by the author. Sold also by Messrs. Merrills, and Fletcher and Hodson, in Cambridge; Johnson and Co. and Benj. White, in London; Hollingworth and Whittingham, at Lynn; Chase, at Norwich; Knapp, at Peterborough; Wood at Lincoln; and Green, at Bury, [1766?]

Notes:

Reproduction of original from University of London's Goldsmiths' Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T193041.

OCLC:

509536577