Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Volume 147The Institution, 1902 |
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Página 31 - ... that it will be desirable, probably for some time to come, that scientific experiments should be carried on in order to' ascertain all the real dangers of pollution against which they should be protected. " In the present state of knowledge, and especially of bacteriology, it is difficult to estimate these dangers with any accuracy, and it seems quite possible that they should be either exaggerated or undervalued according to the predisposition of those who have to deal with them. An authority...
Página 28 - In some of the larger and most crowded towns, all entrance into the sewers by house-drains, or drains from water-closets or cess-pools, is prohibited under a penalty. In other places, including a part of the metropolis, the entrance of house-drains is commonly deemed the concession of a privilege, subjected to regulations and separate proceedings, with attendant expenses, tending to restrict the use of the sewers for these most important purposes, orto confine the advantage to the wealthy.
Página 142 - Save as aforesaid, it includes rivers streams canals lakes and watercourses, other than watercourses at the passing of this Act mainly used as sewers, and emptying directly into the sea, or tidal waters which have not been determined to be streams within...
Página 41 - Towards the end of the year 1817, they, impressed with the difficulties of gaining the knowledge necessary for the diversified practice of engineering, resolved to form a Society for promoting regular intercourse between persons engaged in the profession, to the end that such persons might mutually benefit by the interchange of individual observation and experience.
Página 60 - That the best thanks of the Institution be accorded to the President for his Address and that he be asked to permit it to be printed in the Proceedings of the Institution.
Página 41 - So little was the society known up to this time, that Telford had never heard of its existence when the foregoing resolution was announced to him ; but appreciating with characteristic judgment the value of such an institution, and the useful results it was capable of yielding, he accepted the proposed chair without hesitation, and was formally installed on the 21st of March following.
Página 51 - American common law are the work of the last quarter of the eighteenth century and the first quarter of the nineteenth century.
Página 41 - It was towards the end of the year 1817, that a few gentlemen,* then beginning life, impressed by what they themselves felt with the difficulties young men had to contend with in gaining the knowledge requisite for...
Página 55 - The Institution of Civil Engineers, The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, the Institution of Naval Architects, and The Institution of Electrical Engineers, and that an engineering joint council composed of representatives of these bodies has been formed.