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Scientific American, Vol. 24, No. 22 (1871) (1871)

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The cost of a concrete sewer, 4 feet by 2 feet 8 inches ports now form one of the most interesting and valuable fea- was 10s. per lineal foot, exclu- tures of the daily newspapers, sive of excavation. Under the and are looked for with eager- same contract, a brick sewer of the same size 9 inches… … where the shipping was put in readiness to receive it forty- in the proportions of six to one, STORM MAP. eight hours before it arrived. at lis. per cubic yard, were the atmosphere, express the ratio which the amount of vapor Thus did this admirable system save life and property by its substituted…

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