John Bailey Denton | |
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Born | London | 26 November 1814
Died | 19 November 1893
Stevenage, Hertfordshire | (aged 78)
Nationality | British |
Known for | Railway surveying, water & sewage engineering, legislation, author |
Scientific career | |
Fields |
Surveyor, Civil engineer |
John Bailey Denton (1814–1893) M. Inst. C.E.; F.G.S., was a British surveyor and civil engineer. [1]
When discussing the value of sewage, Denton records that Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, a chemist, demonstrated that a harvest of 800 pounds (360 kg) of wheat and 900 pounds (410 kg) of barley can be obtained from the nearly 16 pounds (7.3 kg) of nitrogen an adult's body-waste produces yearly. [2] In addition, 9s (£61 at present worth [3] as of 2024) was calculated by Dr. Augustus Voelcker, the consulting chemist for the Royal Agricultural Society of England, to be the annual value of ammonia and phosphates excreted per head. [4]
Honorary member of the R.A.S.S. of Denmark, Sweden, and Hanover. [5]
This list is taken from ODNB [1] and Works by Mr Bailey-Denton, M. Inst. C.E.; F.G.S., in Sewage Disposal (1895). [5]
John Bailey Denton | |
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Born | London | 26 November 1814
Died | 19 November 1893
Stevenage, Hertfordshire | (aged 78)
Nationality | British |
Known for | Railway surveying, water & sewage engineering, legislation, author |
Scientific career | |
Fields |
Surveyor, Civil engineer |
John Bailey Denton (1814–1893) M. Inst. C.E.; F.G.S., was a British surveyor and civil engineer. [1]
When discussing the value of sewage, Denton records that Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, a chemist, demonstrated that a harvest of 800 pounds (360 kg) of wheat and 900 pounds (410 kg) of barley can be obtained from the nearly 16 pounds (7.3 kg) of nitrogen an adult's body-waste produces yearly. [2] In addition, 9s (£61 at present worth [3] as of 2024) was calculated by Dr. Augustus Voelcker, the consulting chemist for the Royal Agricultural Society of England, to be the annual value of ammonia and phosphates excreted per head. [4]
Honorary member of the R.A.S.S. of Denmark, Sweden, and Hanover. [5]
This list is taken from ODNB [1] and Works by Mr Bailey-Denton, M. Inst. C.E.; F.G.S., in Sewage Disposal (1895). [5]