John Bailey Denton


John Bailey Denton M. Inst. C.E.; F.G.S., was a British surveyor and civil engineer.

Biography

When discussing the value of sewage, Denton records that Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, a chemist, demonstrated that a harvest of of wheat and of barley can be obtained from the nearly of nitrogen an adult's body-waste produces yearly. In addition, 9s 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.