 I have thought it a duty to record these facts that they may be brought to the atten tion of those who exercise power or have responsibility in relation to the condition of our river; there is nothing figurative in the words I have employed, or any approach...  Mechanics' Magazine - Page 281855Full view - About this book
 | 1859 - 932 pages
...river. " I have thought it a duty to record these facts, that they may be brought to the attention of those who exercise power, or have responsibility,...simple dwellings, surely the river which flows for so mauy miles through London ought not to be allowed to become a fermenting sewer? The condition in which... | |
 | Great Britain. General Board of Health. Medical Council - 1855 - 604 pages
...the river. I have thought it a duty to record these facts, that they may be brought to the attention of those who exercise power or have responsibility...nothing figurative in the words I have employed, or auy approach to exaggeration ; they are the simple truth. If there be sufficient authority to remove... | |
 | 1859 - 910 pages
...record these fucts, that they may be brought to tho attention of those who exercise power, or havo responsibility, in relation to the condition of our...exaggeration— they are the simple truth, if there bo sufficient authority to remove a putresceut pond from tho neighbourhood of a few simple dwellings,... | |
 | Bence Jones, Michael Faraday - 1870 - 534 pages
...river. ' I have thought it a duty to record these facts, that they may be brought to the attention of those who exercise power, or have responsibility...truth. ' If there be sufficient authority to remove a putresceut pond from the neighbourhood of a few simple dwellings, surely the river which flows for... | |
 | David Butler, John Davies - 1999 - 516 pages
...was very bad, and common to the whole of the water. The whole river was for the time a real sewer. If there be sufficient authority to remove a putrescent...which flows for so many miles through London ought not be allowed to become a fermenting sewer. If we neglect this subject, we cannot expect to do so with... | |
 | David Butler, John Davies - 2004 - 564 pages
...was very bad, and common to the whole of the water. The whole river was for the time a real sewer. If there be sufficient authority to remove a putrescent...which flows for so many miles through London ought not be allowed to become a fermenting sewer. If we neglect this subject, we cannot expect to do so with... | |
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