The New International Encyclopædia, Volume 18Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby Dodd, Mead, 1907 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... soil fertile . Cereals , the grape - vine , sugar beets , flax , and various fruits are cultivated . are numerous coal and iron mines , and good quarries of freestone and marble . Capital , Niort . There SEWAGE ( from sew- , the ...
... soil fertile . Cereals , the grape - vine , sugar beets , flax , and various fruits are cultivated . are numerous coal and iron mines , and good quarries of freestone and marble . Capital , Niort . There SEWAGE ( from sew- , the ...
Page 17
... soils are out of the question . Crops may be grown on intermit- tent filtration areas , providing they are made secondary to the purification of the sewage . The essential feature of CONTACT BEDS is the retention of the sewage a longer ...
... soils are out of the question . Crops may be grown on intermit- tent filtration areas , providing they are made secondary to the purification of the sewage . The essential feature of CONTACT BEDS is the retention of the sewage a longer ...
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... soil and devised a mechanism for automatically dumping some of it into the closet when needed , somewhat on the same ... soil from the pail system , and possibly from privies , is burned in garbage furnaces , care being taken to mix it ...
... soil and devised a mechanism for automatically dumping some of it into the closet when needed , somewhat on the same ... soil from the pail system , and possibly from privies , is burned in garbage furnaces , care being taken to mix it ...
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... soils with a sandy or gravelly subsoil . Clay soils are less satisfactory . Since experience indicates that the best crops are secured when the sewage is applied only as needed , arrangements should be made for the dis- posal of surplus ...
... soils with a sandy or gravelly subsoil . Clay soils are less satisfactory . Since experience indicates that the best crops are secured when the sewage is applied only as needed , arrangements should be made for the dis- posal of surplus ...
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... soil , nor air will be polluted thereby . Sewerage systems are gen- erally divided into two portions : the collecting sewers and appurtenances and the outfall sewer or sewers . In addition there may be disposal works , including either ...
... soil , nor air will be polluted thereby . Sewerage systems are gen- erally divided into two portions : the collecting sewers and appurtenances and the outfall sewer or sewers . In addition there may be disposal works , including either ...
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