Specification of George William Skinner : utilizing sewage.

  • Shinner, George William.
Date:
1866
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Specification of George William Skinner : utilizing sewage. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    2 A.D. 1866.—N° 1026. Provisional Specification. Shinnefs Improvements in Utilizing Sewage. formed, two inches below the level of the dwarf wall, in order to conduct the liquid to a fall, and underneath an upward filter bed through which the liquid percolates and passes beyond on to a perforated floor through which the liquid falls oil to a downward chemical filter bed, and thence to a leading-off drain. The inner tanks when lifted are passed on to a tramway; they are provided ^ with small running wheels, in order to travel on the tramway, whence they are tilted over and discharge their contents into a sifting house, where foreign substances are separated from the sewage matter, which is ultimately con? veyed to a preparing house and dried and treated as required for use, and packed in sacks or barrels. In order to withdraw the sewage from the 10 reservoir, pumps are employed, and the sewage is conveyed to the tanks and filtering apparatus. LONDON: Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty. 1866.