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RefNoPP/10/60
Previous numbersPP/42/62
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'The air of sewers' by Thomas Carnelley and John Scott Haldane
CreatorCarnelley; Thomas (1854-1890); British chemist
Date1887
DescriptionThe authors write: 'Owing to the complaints which had been made of bad smells in the House of Commons, a Select Committee was appointed in the spring of 1886 to inquire into the ventilation of the House. In consequence of the experience we had gained in the course of an extensive examination of the air of houses and schools in Dundee (see ‘Phil. Trans.,’ vol. 178 (1887), B, p. 61), we were instructed by the Committee to make a series of analyses of the air in the sewers under the Houses of Parliament, and to report thereon (see ‘ Second Report of the Committee,’ Appendix). Since then we have examined the air in a considerable number of sewers in Dundee.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Air quality

Received 21 May 1887. Read 16 June 1887. Communicated by Henry Enfield Roscoe.

A version of this paper was published in volume 42 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'The air of sewers'.
Extent22p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstb.1887.0004
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1887.0089
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1887.0106
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA2292Haldane; John Scott (1860 - 1936)1860 - 1936
NA8277Roscoe; Sir; Henry Enfield (1833 - 1915)1833 - 1915
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