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The quest for pure water; the history of water purification from the earliest records to the twentieth century / M. N. Baker.
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Baker, M. N. (Moses Nelson), 1864-1955
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English
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New York, American Water Works Assn., 1948.
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xiv, 527 pages illustrations, portraits 24 cm
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Engineering Library - Stacks
TD430.B25
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Water
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Purification
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Water-supply engineering
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Bibliographic references
Bibliography: p. 469-510.
Contents
I. From the earliest records through the sixteenth century
II. Seventeenth century
III. Eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries
IV. Four centuries of filtration in France
V. British contributions to filtration
VI. Slow sand filtration in the United States and Canada
VII. Inception and widespread adoption of rapid filtration in America
VIII. Upward filtration in Europe and America
IX. Multiple filtration: Seventeenth to twentieth centuries
X. Drifting-sand rapid filters
XI. Plain sedimentation
XIII. Coagulation: ancient and modern
XIV. Disinfection
XV. Distillation
XVI. Aeration in theory and practice
XVII. Algae troubles and their conquest
XVIII. Softening
XIX. Cause and removal of color
XX. Iron and manganese removal
XXI. Taste and odor control
XXII. Medication by means of the water supply.
Epilogue.
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48010469
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1348667
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