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Jean‐Baptiste Paramelle and The Art of Finding Springs

Jean-Baptiste Paramelle was more famous than Henry Darcy in 19th century France. Darcy praised Paramelle for making valuable discoveries that gave rural residents access to water that had previously been hidden. Darcy calls Paramelle “an ingenious springs seeker” and says he is “the man who seems to have done the most work on underground hydrography in recent years” (Darcy, 1856/2004). Darcy’s 1856 publication was written as a guide for engineers designing water supply systems; Paramelle’s 1856 book was written as a how-to manual for anyone who wanted to find groundwater in his town or on his farm. Who was Paramelle? The anthology L’Université catholique (1840, vol. 9, 146) describes him as a