British geologist, mining engineer and inventor of the horizontal pendulum seismograph (1850-1913)

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The water supply of towns and the construction of waterworks : a practical treatise for the use of engineers and students of engineering / by W.K. Burton ; to which is appended a paper on the effects of earthquakes on waterworks by John Milne.

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John Milne

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The water supply of towns and the construction of waterworks : a practical treatise for the use of engineers and students of engineering / by W.K. Burton ; to which is appended a paper on the effects of earthquakes on waterworks by John Milne.