Sewer manure. Statement of the course of investigation & results of experiments as to the means of removing the refuse of towns in water, and applying it as manure : with suggestions of further trial works (for voluntary adoption) of the practicability of applying sewer water as manures by subterranean channels; prepared for the consideration of the Committee of Works / by Edwin Chadwick, Esq., C.B., with appendices.

London : Reynell & Weight ..., 1849.

51 pages, 1 unnumbered page : tables ; 27 cm (4to)

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"Ordered to be Printed for the Consideration of the Committee on Sewage Manure and the Committee of Works [of the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers, London]"

Contents: "Metropolitan Sewers [by Edwin Chadwick]", p.[1]-35.--"Appendices. No.I. Mr Donaldson's Report On The Paper On Subterranean Irrigation", p.[36]-38.--"No.II. Paper On The Application Of Liquid Manures, By De Candolle", p.39-43.--"No.III. The Flemish Method Of Collecting And Applying Town Manures. By Boussingault", p.43-44.--"No.IV. Experience In Germany On Liquid Manures, As Stated By Sprengel", p.44.--"No.V. Account Of The Irrigations With The Town Manure From Milan, Forwarded To E. Chadwick, Esq., By The Count Arrivabene", p.45-47.--"No.VI. Account Of The Irrigations With The Town Manure From Edinburgh, Given By Dr James Stark", p.47-49.--"No.VII. Experiments On The Distribution And Use Of Sewer Water To Agriculture, Made On The Grounds Of James Thomson, Esq., Of Primrose, Near Clitheroe, By Henry Thomson, Jun., Esq", p.50-51.--"Table Of Experiments On The Friction Through House Pipes ... By P.H. Holland, Esq., Manchester", p.[52].