Main Title |
The quest for pure water; the history of water purification from the earliest records to the twentieth century / |
Author |
Baker, M. N.
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Publisher |
American Water Works Assn., |
Year Published |
1948 |
OCLC Number |
01348667 |
Subjects |
Water--Purification ;
Water-supply engineering--History ;
Water Supply--history ;
Filtration--history
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EHAM |
TD430.B25 |
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Region 1 Library/Boston,MA |
01/01/1988 |
EMBM |
TD430.B25 1948 |
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NRMRL/GWERD Library/Ada,OK |
05/13/1994 |
ERAM |
TD430.B25 |
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Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA |
01/01/1988 |
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Collation |
xiv, 527 pages illustrations, portraits 24 cm |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-510) and index, |
Contents Notes |
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. |
Place Published |
New York, |
PUB Date Free Form |
1948. |
BIB Level |
m |
Document Type |
BC |
Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
LCCN |
48010469 |
Merged OCLC records |
977778691 |
OCLC Time Stamp |
19940502155423 |
Language |
ENG |
Origin |
OCLC |
Type |
CAT |
OCLC Rec Leader |
00858cam 2200265I 45020 |