Water and its purification : a handbook for the use of local authorities, sanitary officers, and others interested in water supply / by Samuel Rideal.

Date:
1902
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Water and its purification : a handbook for the use of local authorities, sanitary officers, and others interested in water supply / by Samuel Rideal. 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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