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  soldered 
  on. 
  The 
  space 
  between 
  the 
  copper 
  bottom 
  and 
  the 
  end 
  

   of 
  the 
  cylinder 
  was 
  fitted 
  with 
  a 
  false 
  bottom, 
  after 
  which 
  a 
  plank 
  

   bottom 
  was 
  put 
  on 
  and 
  securely 
  fastened 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  angle 
  iron. 
  

   The 
  drain 
  gage 
  was 
  then 
  lowered 
  to 
  position 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  an 
  in- 
  

   clined 
  plane 
  and 
  a 
  windlass. 
  After 
  connecting 
  drain 
  pipe 
  with 
  

   drain 
  gage 
  pit, 
  it 
  was 
  inserted 
  and 
  soldered 
  to 
  place. 
  

  

  The 
  apparatus 
  for 
  supplying 
  water 
  to 
  these 
  gages 
  is 
  quite 
  dif- 
  

   ferent 
  from 
  the 
  usual 
  form. 
  When 
  there 
  is 
  percolation 
  from 
  the 
  

   drain 
  gage, 
  the 
  water 
  percolated 
  flows 
  out 
  through 
  a 
  drain 
  cock 
  

   and 
  is 
  collected 
  in 
  a 
  bottle 
  beneath 
  it. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  if 
  the 
  

   soil 
  of 
  the 
  drain 
  gage 
  absorbs 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  bottom 
  water, 
  the 
  level 
  

   of 
  the 
  latter 
  falls, 
  permitting 
  a 
  bubble 
  of 
  air 
  to 
  enter, 
  which 
  passes 
  

   upward 
  and 
  is 
  conducted 
  into 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  a 
  reservoir 
  out- 
  

   side 
  the 
  gage. 
  This 
  allows 
  an 
  equal 
  quantity 
  of 
  water 
  to 
  pass 
  out 
  

   of 
  the 
  reservoir 
  into 
  the 
  drainage 
  tube. 
  

  

  Table 
  No. 
  35, 
  New 
  Drain 
  Gage 
  Kecord, 
  June 
  to 
  December, 
  Inclu- 
  

   sive, 
  1889, 
  from 
  the 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  Sta- 
  

   tion 
  for 
  1890, 
  gives 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  particulars 
  of 
  the 
  workings 
  of 
  these 
  

   new 
  drain 
  gages. 
  

  

  These 
  new 
  drain 
  gages 
  were 
  not 
  satisfactory 
  and 
  the 
  record 
  was 
  

   discontinued 
  after 
  December, 
  1899. 
  

  

  The 
  hight 
  of 
  water 
  in 
  wells. 
  The 
  hight 
  of 
  water 
  in 
  wells 
  is 
  

   related 
  to 
  evaporation, 
  and 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  show 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  phe- 
  

   nomena 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  movements 
  of 
  ground 
  water, 
  a 
  series 
  

   of 
  measurements 
  were 
  made 
  during 
  1887-1889, 
  inclusive, 
  of 
  the 
  

   hight 
  of 
  water 
  in 
  an 
  abandoned 
  well 
  at 
  the 
  Geneva 
  Agricultural 
  

   Experiment 
  Station. 
  The 
  well 
  is 
  forty 
  feet 
  deep 
  and 
  situated 
  

   near 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  a 
  ridge 
  of 
  such 
  a 
  hight 
  that 
  in 
  three 
  directions 
  it 
  

   is 
  necessary 
  to 
  go 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  hundred 
  feet 
  before 
  reaching 
  land 
  

   lower 
  than 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  well, 
  while 
  in 
  the 
  fourth 
  direction 
  

   there 
  is 
  a 
  railroad 
  cut, 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  but 
  slightly 
  above 
  

   that 
  of 
  the 
  well. 
  

  

  The 
  measurements 
  began 
  December 
  1, 
  1886, 
  and 
  were 
  continued 
  

   daily 
  until 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  1889. 
  In 
  table 
  No. 
  36, 
  Hight 
  of 
  Ground 
  

   Water 
  in 
  an 
  Abandoned 
  Well 
  at 
  the 
  Geneva 
  Agricultural 
  Experi- 
  

   ment 
  Station 
  from 
  December, 
  1886, 
  to 
  December, 
  1889, 
  Inclusive, 
  

  

  