Nationality British Name John Denton | Fields Surveyor, Civil engineer | |
Born November 26, 1814London ( 1814-11-26 ) Died November 19, 1893, Stevenage, United Kingdom |
John Bailey Denton (1814–1893) M. Inst. C.E.; F.G.S., was a British surveyor and civil engineer.
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Biography
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. In addition, 9s (£44 at present worth as of 2017) 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.
Honorary
Honorary member of the R.A.S.S. of Denmark, Sweden, and Hanover.
List of publications
This list is taken from ODNB and Works by Mr Bailey-Denton, M. Inst. C.E.; F.G.S., in Sewage Disposal (1895).