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Title: The Artizan
Year: 1843 (1840s)
Authors: Artizan club (London, England)
Subjects: Technology Industrial arts
Publisher: (London : Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.)
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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of England, in the projection of whichthreo springs were available as sources of supply. One of them yieldswater of a tolerable quality. This one was not used, the collectingreservoir being at such an elevation, that the water flowed just underthe bottom. The springs which actually supply the town derive theirwater from a shallow surface drainage of peat lands, much frequentedby cattle, and occasionally, after heavy rains, containing a little cretaceousmatter. The filtering apparatus is quite inefficient, and the watersupplied to the town is frequently of a deep straw colour. It appearsevident that, in this instance) a very moderate amount of chemicalknowledge, properly applied, would have led to B much more judiciousand salubrious arrangement. A great many of the inconveniences arising in connection with the supplyof gas may be traced to the want of sufficient attention being paid to tho 19 THE ARTIZAN, JULY ls.T 1865. IP M IP DM© Rfl^jD©K; AND
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146 Mersey Docks anil Harbour. TThe Abtizan, ( July 1,1S65. chemical properties of those carbonaceous products from which they are evolved. On one occasion the lack of a moderate amount of information in mi-neralogy gave rise to an awkward mistake in ballasting a line of railway.The material used appeared, when laid down, sufficiently sound, but in thecourse of a short time disintegrated, and presented the appearance of mud. In the construction of steam machinery very great advantages may con-stantly be obtained by a correct appreciation of those natural laws uponwhich its action depends. In this department of the profession, chemical,geological, and mathematical details occur, and the best engines are doubt-less those that are made in accordance with the results of the most scien-tific research, combined with and tested by the most extensive experience.So numerous and varied are the branches of scientific education desirablein those who practise in every part of the profession that i

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