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AT the instance of the U.S. National Board of Health, a comprehensive investigation relating to analysis of water has been recently conducted by Prof. J. W. Mallet, F.R.S., of Virginia, assisted by several chemists and others. It was proposed to examine carefully the chief processes in use for chemically determining the organic matter or its constituents, in drinking water, to test the absolute and relative accuracy of the results these processes are capable of yielding, and, as far as possible, to ascertain the nature and scope of the practical conclusions available for sanitary purposes, which might thence be secured.
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AMERICAN RESEARCHES ON WATER-ANALYSIS . Nature 27, 211–213 (1882). https://doi.org/10.1038/027211a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/027211a0