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The first rational approach to the problem of seepage through soils was ________

(a) Archimedes

(b) Poiseuille

(c) Darcy

(d) Terzaghi

I had been asked this question in unit test.

My question is taken from Seepage Pressure and Upward Flow in chapter Seepage Analysis of Geotechnical Engineering I

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Right choice is (d) Terzaghi

For explanation I would say: The first rational approach to the problem was presented by Terzaghi in 1922 and it forms the basis of subsequent studies.

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