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give off 65 per cent, of the indicated horse-power in water actually 

 lifted. 



A full description of these works, with drawings and illustrations, 

 will be found in a paper on Irrigation in Egypt, in * Le Genie Civil,' 

 vol X., 1886. An abstract of this paper will be also found in the 

 ^ Transactions' of the Institution of Civil Engineers, vol. Ixxxix., 1887 ; 

 and also in * Engineering ' of Jan. 28, 1887, where illustrations of the 

 engine and pump at Katatbeh are given. 



