Some Field Laboratory And Office Procedures For Soil Moisture Measurement

Excerpt from Some Field, Laboratory, and Office Procedures for Soil-Moisture Measurement: July 1954 One of the important phases of the soil-moisture studies Of the Vicksburg Infiltration Project has been the determination of bulk density. Defined as the ratio of the weight Of oven-dry soil to the volume it occupied in the field, bulk density is expressed in grams per cubic centi meter. Its use is principally for converting moisture content from percent by weight to depth or area-inches. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.