Über Wald- und Wasserprobleme von ältesten Sickerungen zum vollen Strom

On the development of the knowledge concerning the forst-water relationship

Birmensdorf

1959

Artikel aus einer ZeitschriftUnselbständiges Werk

1265

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By means of historical and literary quotations from Greek mythology via Roman culture to modern times the author shows in the first part of the paper how the relationship between forest and water occupied man's mind during the ages, and how finally the desire developed to investigate this relationship scientifically. The second part consists of a detailed description of foundation and development of the water measurement stations in the Emmental.