Discussion. The Chalk Water System.

The Industrial Revolution and Acceptance of Hydrogeology as a Science

“…At the Chalk Water System Meeting of the Institution of Engineers in London in late 1876, Lucas was the lead author for the Minutes of Meeting, many of his co‐authors are not fully identified, and it was here that Lucas proposed hydrogeology (no hyphen) as a science. These Minutes were published in January 1877 (Lucas et al 1877) and Lucas elaborated this theme, Figure 5, in a paper read at the Institution of Surveyors in London in February 1877.…”