John Bailey Denton (1814–1893) M. Inst. C.E.; F.G.S., was a British surveyor and civil engineer.[1]
John Bailey Denton | |
|---|---|
| Born | 26 November 1814 London |
| Died | 19 November 1893 (aged 78) Stevenage, Hertfordshire |
| Nationality | British |
| Known for | Railway surveying, water & sewage engineering, legislation, author |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Surveyor, Civil engineer |
Biography
editWhen 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
editHonorary member of the R.A.S.S. of Denmark, Sweden, and Hanover.[5]
List of publications
editThis list is taken from ODNB[1] and Works by Mr Bailey-Denton, M. Inst. C.E.; F.G.S., in Sewage Disposal (1895).[5]
- (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, Institution of Civil Engineers.)
- (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
References
edit- ^ a b "John Bailey Denton", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ Denton (1885) p. 93
- ^ Using RPI as described in Choosing the Best Indicator to Measure Relative Worth Archived 29 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Denton (1885) p. 94
- ^ a b Denton, John Bailey (1885). Sewage Disposal: Ten Years' (Now Fourtenn Years) in Works of Intermittent Downward Filtration (PDF) (2 ed.). E and F N Spon. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
External links
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Works by or about John Bailey Denton at Wikisource
