Parliamentary Papers, Volume 20H.M. Stationery Office, 1860 - Bills, Legislative |
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... pure condition are insufficient to that purpose " ( Mr. Walter ) . Question put , " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the paragraph . " Ayes , 8 . Lord John Manners . Sir John Shelley . Sir Joseph Paxton . Lord Fermoy ...
... pure condition are insufficient to that purpose " ( Mr. Walter ) . Question put , " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the paragraph . " Ayes , 8 . Lord John Manners . Sir John Shelley . Sir Joseph Paxton . Lord Fermoy ...
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... pure by the simple process of natural oxydisa- tion which takes place in all large lakes , although it does not in small ones . I found by the results of analysis that it was almost perfectly pure ; but I found that it was very much ...
... pure by the simple process of natural oxydisa- tion which takes place in all large lakes , although it does not in small ones . I found by the results of analysis that it was almost perfectly pure ; but I found that it was very much ...
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... pure water a great mass of aquatic vegetation ? -No , I did not set my mind to that in that particular way . What I investigated was first how the end to be sought for could be attained in the most effectual manner , and with the ...
... pure water a great mass of aquatic vegetation ? -No , I did not set my mind to that in that particular way . What I investigated was first how the end to be sought for could be attained in the most effectual manner , and with the ...
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... pure , and why small ones become foul ; you find that the case everywhere ; practically , you cannot make any sensible current ; neither two millions of gallons nor ten millions of gallons would make a very sensible current in a lake of ...
... pure , and why small ones become foul ; you find that the case everywhere ; practically , you cannot make any sensible current ; neither two millions of gallons nor ten millions of gallons would make a very sensible current in a lake of ...
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... pure . Suppose you were to admit from a well a pure stream that had never seen the light , in the same quantity ( two millions of gallons per diem ) , at the upper end , and you allowed it to occupy a month in running down to the lower ...
... pure . Suppose you were to admit from a well a pure stream that had never seen the light , in the same quantity ( two millions of gallons per diem ) , at the upper end , and you allowed it to occupy a month in running down to the lower ...
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Page 307 - Duties, should be capitalised to pay for the greater part of the embankment scheme : the rest being supplied by a parliamentary vote. Without noticing the discussions which took place in Committee, we will at once state the decision ultimately arrived at, in the form of resolutions : — • "1. That the embankment of the north side of the Thames, from Westminster Bridge to or nearly to Southwark Bridge, would afford a desirable mode of improving the banks and bed of the river, and facilitate the...
Page 306 - Every select committee having power to send for persons, papers, and records, shall have leave to report their opinion and observations, together with the minutes of evidence taken before them, to the house...
Page xv - Report, — put, and agreed to. Question, That this Report, as amended, be the Report of the Committee to the House, — put and agreed to.
Page iii - Orders of the House, examined the matters to them referred ; and have agreed to the following REPORT...
Page 176 - For widening and improving Cannon Street, and for making a new street from the west end of Cannon Street to Queen Street, and for widening and improving Queen Street, and for effecting other improvements in the city of London.
Page 176 - An Act to extend the Time for the Purchase of Lands required for certain Branches of the North Staffordshire Railway to Newcastle-under-Lyme, Silverdale, and the Apedale Ironworks.
Page 307 - ... committees and commissioners already named. This subject we shall take up, after having noticed the recent proceedings concerning embankment schemes, and the connection of these schemes with the Great Drainage of the Metropolis. It was in May, I860, that a Committee was appointed by the House of Commons, ' To consider the best means of providing for the increasing traffic of the Metropolis, by the Embankment of the Thames.
Page 4 - The streets to be of three magnitudes ; the three principal leading straight through the city, and one or two cross streets to be at least...
Page xiv - That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the paragraph," put and negatived. Question proposed, " That the proposed words be there added.