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The law of flow of water through the soil was first studied by ___________

(a) Taylor

(b) Darcy

(c) Lambe

(d) Khosla

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This intriguing question originated from Darcy’s Law in section Permeability of Geotechnical Engineering I

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Correct option is (b) Darcy

Easy explanation: In 1856, Darcy studied the law of flow of water through soil and demonstrated experimentally the laminar flow conditions.

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