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Auguste Graeff: Dam Designer and Hydraulic Engineer

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The writers acknowledge Fig. 1 which was kindly presented by the Graeff family.

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Willi H. Hager
VAW, ETH Zurich, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland.
Corrado Gisonni
Seconda Università di Napoli, I-81031 Aversa, Italy.

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