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THE Rivers-pollution Commissioners (Prof. Frankland and Mr. J. C. Morton), having, during the last five years, made and published more than 2,000 analyses of river and other waters throughout England, Scotland, and Wales, before and after pollution, and no less than 1,200 examinations of impure drainage waters, and having visited and reported concerning the effluent waters from 245 Chemical-dye and Print-works, Paper-, Cotton-, and Woollen-mills, and mines and works of various kinds spread, over the country, have recently published their fifth report on river pollution from mining operations, reserving to themselves in their forthcoming and last report the consideration of the potable waters of Great Britain.
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The Pollution of Rivers . Nature 9, 197–198 (1874). https://doi.org/10.1038/009197a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/009197a0