History of the Water Supply of the World
by Thomas J. Bell
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About this eBook
- Author
- Bell, Thomas J. (Thomas Jefferson), 1852-
- Title
- History of the Water Supply of the World arranged in a comprehensive form from eminent authorities, containing a description of the various methods of water supply, pollution and purification of waters, and sanitary effects, with analyses of potable waters, also geology and water strata of Hamilton county, Ohio, statistics of the Ohio river, proposed water supply of Cincinnati.
- Credits
- Charlene Taylor, John Campbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- TD: Technology: Environmental technology, Sanitary engineering
- Subject
- Water-supply -- Ohio -- Hamilton County
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 66130
- Release Date
- August 24, 2021
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.HISTORY OF THE Water Supply of the World ,
- 3.Untitled
- 4.CONTENTS
- 5.INTRODUCTION.
- 6.CHAPTER I.
- 7.CHAPTER II. RIVER POLLUTION. — REDUCTION OF SEWAGE BY AERATION. — REDUCTION OF URINE BY AERATION — THAMES RIVER. — QUALITY OF POLLUTION. — CONTAMINATION OF WATER SUPPLY.
- 8.CHAPTER III. PURIFICATION OF WATERS. — FILTRATION — SUBSIDENCE — RESULTS OF SUBSIDENCE. — AERATION
- 9.CHAPTER IV. SYSTEM OF SUPPLY. — SPRINGS AND WELLS. — POLLUTION OF WELL WATER. — ARTESIAN WELLS. — TEMPERATURE OF WELLS. — EXAMPLES OF ARTESIAN WELLS. — WELL BORING. — PRACTICAL EXAMPLES OF WELLS AS SOURCES OF SUPPLY ONLY. — GRAVITATION — AQUEDUCTS. — DAMS. — PUMPING SYSTEM. — STAND PIPE. — HUSBAND’S PATENT BALANCE VALVE.
- 10.CHAPTER V. HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL.
- 11.CHAPTER VI. — No. 1. GEOLOGY. — THE DEPOSITS OF DRIFT. — CINCINNATI ANTICLINAL. — HAMILTON COUNTY. — No. 2. OUR SUBTERRANEAN WATER RESOURCES. — ARTESIAN WELLS. — No. 3. WATER-SHED. — RIPARIAN RIGHTS. — No. 4. KIRKWOOD’S SURVEY. — No. 5. OHIO RIVER. — SCOWDEN’S SURVEY OF MARKLEY FARM. — No. 7. MOORE’S SURVEY.
- 12.CHAPTER VII. COST OF CONSTRUCTING WATER-WORKS. — REVENUE AND EXPENSE. — WATER PIPES.
- 13.INDEX.
- 14.Untitled
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