John Bailey Denton M. Inst. C.E.

Institution of Civil Engineers

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; F.G.S.

Geological Society of London

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, was a surveyor

Surveying

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 and a civil engineer

Civil engineer

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Biography

When discussing the value of sewage

Sewage

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, Denton records that Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, a chemist, demonstrated that a harvest of 800 pounds (362.9 kg) of wheat

Wheat

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 and 900 pounds (408.2 kg) of barley

Barley

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 can be obtained from the nearly 16 pounds (7.3 kg) of nitrogen

Nitrogen

Nitrogen is a chemical element that has the symbol N, atomic number of 7 and atomic mass 14.00674 u. Elemental nitrogen is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, and mostly inert diatomic gas at standard conditions, constituting 78.08% by volume of Earth's atmosphere...

 an adult's body-waste produces yearly. In addition, 9s (£ at present worth as of ) was calculated by Dr. Augustus Voelcker

Augustus Voelcker

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, the consulting chemist for the Royal Agricultural Society

Royal Agricultural Society

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 of England, to be the annual value of ammonia

Ammonia

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 and phosphate

Phosphate

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s excreted per head.

List of publications

This list is taken from ODNB and Works by Mr Bailey-Denton, M. Inst. C.E.

Institution of Civil Engineers

Founded on 2 January 1818, the Institution of Civil Engineers is an independent professional association, based in central London, representing civil engineering. Like its early membership, the majority of its current members are British engineers, but it also has members in more than 150...

; F.G.S.

Geological Society of London

The Geological Society of London is a learned society based in the United Kingdom with the aim of "investigating the mineral structure of the Earth"...

, in Sewage Disposal (1895).

• (1842) What Can now be Done for British Agriculture?
• (1849) Sewerage of London
• (1854) Land Drainage and drainage Systems
• (1855) Underdrainage of Land; its progress and results (Society of Arts Medal)
• (1857) Road-Making (Prize Essay)
• (1858) The effect of Underdrainage on Arterial Channels and Outfalls
• (1863) The Discharge from Underdrainage (Telford Medal
  Telford Medal
  The Telford Medal is the highest prize awarded by the British Institution of Civil Engineers for a paper, or series of papers, in the field of engineering. It was introduced in 1835 following a bequest made by Thomas Telford, the ICE's first president....
  
  , Institution of Civil Engineers
  Institution of Civil Engineers
  Founded on 2 January 1818, the Institution of Civil Engineers is an independent professional association, based in central London, representing civil engineering. Like its early membership, the majority of its current members are British engineers, but it also has members in more than 150...
  
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• (1864) The Farm Homesteads of England
• (1865) The importance of Shelter and Covering at Homesteads in certain Districts of Great Britain
• (1865) The Marshes of South Italy
• (1866) The Water Question
• (1868) The Agricultural Labourer
• (1869) Sanitary Works
• (1870) Sewage Farming
• (1871) Sewage the Fertilizer of Land, and Land the Purifier of Sewage
• (1872) Underdrainage and the steps taken to develop and maintain its effects
• (1873) Intermittent Downward Filtration and Irrigation
• (1874) Sanitary Science applied to Towns and Rural Districts
• (1874) Storage of Water
• (1877) Sanitary Engineering
• (1881) Sewage Disposal