On the utilisation of sewage : with a description of the plan of Messrs Napier and Hope for the utilisation of the sewage of London / by George Roberston.
- Date:
- 1865
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: On the utilisation of sewage : with a description of the plan of Messrs Napier and Hope for the utilisation of the sewage of London / by George Roberston. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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