Specification of William Henry Hughan : treatment of sewage, &c.

  • Hughan, William Henry.
Date:
1874
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Specification of William Henry Hughan : treatment of sewage, &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Treatment of Sewage, &c. (This Invention received Provisional Protection only.) PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Henry Hughan at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 5th June 1874. § I, William Henry Hughan, of Southport, in the County of Lan- 5 caster, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for “ Improve¬ ments in the Treatment of Sewage, Night Soil, and Towns Refuse and like Matters to Utilize them as Manure, and in the Production of an Artificial Fuel to be employed in the said Treatment and for other Purposes,” to be as follows:— 10 The Invention is herein-after explained in three divisions as it relates to sewage, night soil, and fuel. I throw into waterclosets or at con¬ venient places, into the sewers or into sewage tanks, a preserving powder which prevents decomposition and the formation of any gaseous compounds, and which I will call the sanitary powder herein-after 15 described, and when thoroughly mixed with the sewage in which the powder partially dissolves, I use a second powder which I will name the precipitating powder prepared as herein-after described, which causes the manurial products of the sewage to be precipitated. The water is next