The water supply of towns and the construction of waterworks : a practical treatise for the use of engineers and students of engineering / by W.K. Burton ; to which is appended a paper on the effects of earthquakes on waterworks by John Milne.

Date:
1894
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Credit: The water supply of towns and the construction of waterworks : a practical treatise for the use of engineers and students of engineering / by W.K. Burton ; to which is appended a paper on the effects of earthquakes on waterworks by John Milne. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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