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Reprinted papers, which have appeared in various scientific and technical journals.
 

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Página 228 - First Annual Report of the State Board of Health, Lunacy and Charity of Massachusetts (1879).
Página 255 - ... person shall suffer bodily injury, or loss of life, or be rendered insensible, stating the time, place and circumstances of the accident, and such other facts in relation thereto as the board may require ; and the board shall present in its annual report an abstract of all such cases. The board shall personally investigate all cases which it may deem to require investigation.
Página 254 - ... person owning a lot or parcel of land in said city or said suburbs on which such a nuisance exists who shall neglect or refuse to abate the same to the satisfaction of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, after five days' notice from them to do so, shall, on conviction in the police court, be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars for each and every day he or she fails to comply with such notice. And in case the owner of any uninclosed lot or parcel of land in the...
Página 254 - ... burner best adapted to it, which is at the same time suitable for domestic use, and at as near the rate of five feet per hour as is practicable. When the gas of any company is found on three consecutive inspections to give less light than sixteen standard English candles, or to contain more than twenty grains of sulphur or ten grains of ammonia per hundred cubic feet of gas, or any sulphuretted hydrogen, a fine of one hundred dollars shall be paid by such company to the city or town supplied...
Página 254 - ... all the powers and privileges, and be subject to all the duties, restrictions and liabilities set forth in all general laws in relation to similar corporations, except so far as the same may be limited or enlarged by this act.
Página 11 - I feel even more strongly than I did then, that ice supply, in comparison with water supply, milk supply, and oyster supply, is of only trifling importance. I am unable otherwise to interpret the...
Página 316 - OPERATION OF A PLANT FOR DISINFECTING SEWAGE OR EFFLUENT WITH CHLORIDE OF LIME, BASED ON A CAPACITY OF 5,000,000 GALLONS A DAY. V. ENGINEERING FEATURES. CLASSIFICATION OF PROCESSES. To preserve a logical development of the theory of sewage disposal we have thus far considered the various types of process Available Chlorin, Parts per Million. Bleach, Pounds per Mil. Gal. (Apprx.) 1 Time of Contact, Hours.
Página 253 - And if, by reason of such false return or certificate, wilfully made by the mayor and aldermen of any city, or the selectmen of any town, or...
Página 21 - But it seemed to me, and I think the discussion has justified the belief, that an Association like this, that is always anxious to know whatever good is going on, and whatever is possible under new or trying conditions, might take this up and discuss it with advantage; and I am sure that both Mr. Letton and I are well satisfied with the discussion that has taken place. It has brought out exactly the objections which might have been anticipated, and a rather surprising amount of concurrence with our...
Página 254 - And ninety, is hereby amended by striking out in the thirteenth line of said section, the word "fifteen", and inserting in place thereof the word: — sixteen, — so as to . read as follows: — Section 14. The gas of every company supplying more than fifty consumers shall be inspected at least twice a year, and one additional inspection shall be made for every six million cubic feet of gas supplied by each company ; but the gas of no company shall be inspected oftener than once a week. All such...

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