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The Valuation of Liquid Town Sewage

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IF there is one thing that is more to be deprecated than another, it is the unnecessary importation of personalities into a scientific discussion, or indeed into any serious matter of business, and fortunately this is not now a common proceeding in this country. It was therefore with a feeling of unqualified disappointment that I read Dr. Paul's personal attack on myself in your columns.

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HOPE, W. The Valuation of Liquid Town Sewage. Nature 1, 506–507 (1870). https://doi.org/10.1038/001506b0

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