Entries for the tag ‘Burnett, William (1779-1861)’
Physician-General of the Royal Navy, 1839 patented the application under pressure of zinc chloride solution to ropes, canvas and timber as a preservative. 
- 18 July 1848: The sanitation committee of Bradford Council experience the use of iron(III) chloride and iron(II) sulphate as sewage deodorants
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