The quest for pure water; the history of water purification from the earliest records to the twentieth century / M. N. Baker.

Author
Baker, M. N. (Moses Nelson), 1864-1955 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York, American Water Works Assn., 1948.
Description
xiv, 527 pages illustrations, portraits 24 cm

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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.
    LCCN
    48010469
    OCLC
    1348667
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