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Carpenter was one of the foremost leading experts on irrigation systems. During his life he investigated irrigation systems not only in North
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Meteorology of 1897, with illustrations / (Fort
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The loss of water from reservoirs by seepage and evaporation / by L.G. Carpenter. (Fort Collins, Colo. : State Agricultural College, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1898)
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