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2019 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

COPING WITH AIR AND WATER IN THE NETHERLANDS BEFORE 1918

Author : Fons Alkemade

Published in: A Century of Fluid Mechanics in The Netherlands

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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It is well known that over the centuries the Dutch have (more or less) constructed their own country by building dikes (or dykes), canals and locks, creating polders, pumping water, etc. One of the first Dutchmen who thought and wrote about the art of constructing dikes and locks was Andries Vierlingh, who died in 1579.

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Metadata
Title
COPING WITH AIR AND WATER IN THE NETHERLANDS BEFORE 1918
Author
Fons Alkemade
Copyright Year
2019
Book
A Century of Fluid Mechanics in The Netherlands

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-03585-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-03586-0

Copyright Year: 2019

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03586-0_2

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