Monthly Journal of Science, and Annals of Biology, Astronomy, Geology, Industrial Arts, Manufactures, and Technology, 6. köideJames Samuelson, William Crookes J. Churchill and Sons., 1869 |
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Page 112
... sewage of Liverpool has made considerable progress with the necessary works . Pipes have already been laid down to the extent of four miles , and it is expected they will shortly be carried out as far as Nice Blundell , where the ...
... sewage of Liverpool has made considerable progress with the necessary works . Pipes have already been laid down to the extent of four miles , and it is expected they will shortly be carried out as far as Nice Blundell , where the ...
Page 184
... sewage con- tamination ; hence its great length . This work , embracing as it does two miles of heading carried through clay , lined with two rings of brickwork , including a sum of $ 120,000 expended on the two shafts and the ...
... sewage con- tamination ; hence its great length . This work , embracing as it does two miles of heading carried through clay , lined with two rings of brickwork , including a sum of $ 120,000 expended on the two shafts and the ...
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... sewage . The Reports of the Rugby Sewage Commission , and especially the elaborate and exhaus- tive Third Report , published in 1865 , seem to leave no doubt upon this point ; and it is satisfactory to find that the Pollution of Rivers ...
... sewage . The Reports of the Rugby Sewage Commission , and especially the elaborate and exhaus- tive Third Report , published in 1865 , seem to leave no doubt upon this point ; and it is satisfactory to find that the Pollution of Rivers ...
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... sewage except that which has been filtered through meadow land , it will be safe to use it for drinking purposes ? An absolute answer cannot as yet be given to this question ; but considering the large amount of organic matter which ...
... sewage except that which has been filtered through meadow land , it will be safe to use it for drinking purposes ? An absolute answer cannot as yet be given to this question ; but considering the large amount of organic matter which ...
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... sewage arrangements caused a contamination of the well - water . The history of the epidemic in Newcastle in 1853 , quoted by Dr. Farr , is not less instructive . But it must be understood that these numerous instances would be ...
... sewage arrangements caused a contamination of the well - water . The history of the epidemic in Newcastle in 1853 , quoted by Dr. Farr , is not less instructive . But it must be understood that these numerous instances would be ...
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