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48pp, various tables 32x20, sewn pamphlet Very good Simpson was the Chief Engineer for the Lambeth and Chelsea Waterworks Companies; Galton was a friend of Florence Nightingale and worked with her on improvements to both healthcare and medical facilities. In this letter they attack the famous report from Joseph Bazalgette and his colleagues for both understating the seriousness of the problem of sewage pollution of the Thames and its health impacts, and for a grossly inadequate solution to it. While Bazalgette's scheme was the one that was constructed, and proved successful, Galton and Simpson's letter is probably a more accurate assessment of the scale of the problem. [This Galton and Simpson should not be confused with the duo of the same surnames who were responsible for some of the greatest comedy writing of the 20th century].…

First edition, 8vo, 61, 64-116pp., pp. 62-63 omitted in paging; despite pagination text is continuous, disbound. Relating to the British raid on Rochefort in 1757.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. pp. 116. disbound. First Edition. The failure of the expedition against the French Atlantic port of Rochefort in September 1757 during the Seven Years' War led to the court-martial of commanding officer Sir John Mordaunt. Despite intense public pressure for a guilty verdict, Mordaunt was acquitted by the court which reasoned that the mission had been ill-conceived. The verdict infuriated George II and laid the blame for the abortive mission on Prime Minister William Pitt. Costing roughly a million pounds the expedition was likened by Henry Fox to "breaking windows with guineas".…