The chlorine revolution [[electronic resource] ] : water disinfection and the fight to save lives / / Michael J. McGuire
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| Autore: |
McGuire Michael J. <1947->
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| Titolo: |
The chlorine revolution [[electronic resource] ] : water disinfection and the fight to save lives / / Michael J. McGuire
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| Pubblicazione: | Denver, Co., : American Water Works Association, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (380 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 628.1/662 |
| Soggetto topico: | Water - Purification - Chlorination - United States - History |
| Water - Purification - Chlorination - Health aspects - United States - History | |
| Water quality - United States - History | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Journey to launch a revolution -- Demons, miasma, and the death spiral -- Germs, disease, and bacteriology -- Progress in disinfection and filtration -- Paterson and the Passaic River -- Leal, hero of public health -- Fuller, the greatest sanitary engineer -- Jersey water wars -- Bacteria on trial, 1906 to 1908 -- Chlorination plant at Boonton -- Chlorine on trial, 1908 to 1910 -- Revolution and conquest -- Epilogue. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The chlorine revolution |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910792007003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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