ROE John - Metropolitan Sewers: Prelimary Report by ... Chief Surveyor... On The Form and Construction of the Kilns Now Used for the Burning of the various kinds of Clay Ware, with a view to ascertain if any, and what Improvements can be made upton them, either as to Economy or Efficiency

London, Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers 1849 9pp, 21 bw figures on three separate plate pages 29x20, sewn pamphlet in light card covers with tape reinforcement on spine, handwritten label on front. Tape rubbed and slightly splitting at top and bottom, rear card cover unglued and with taped note from a previous reader, contents a bit browned and creased, fair to good for fragile item. Technical paper for the Commissioners, a body that existed between 1847 and 1856, when it was succeeded by the Metropolitan Board of Works. Roe had been Surveyor to the predecessor body, the Holborn and Finsbury Commissioners of Sewers, and continued to contribute to the challenges of dealing with London's sewers for the rest of his career.

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