The Sun.
London, England, 1829-08-19 00:00:00

11, CISTERNS.
'AIILE CISTERNS AND PORTABLE FILTERS OF

ALL DIMENSIONS.

ET HIS MAJESTY'S LETTERS PATENT.
HE prevailing opinion of the Impurity
t °Nile Water supplied to the Inhabitants of this
41:,"" Bo well founded, and so amply borne out by the
)011,.."1413 testimonials of the most eminent of the Metro-
s/h.:4 Faculty, that any comment in this place would
V'ar like (questioning the national common sense.. We
therefore confine boar observations to the evidence
Itte:11 bY Dr. JAMES JOHNSON, and Dr. KERRISON? in
examination in the House of Commons.
1411).r. JAhiRB JOHNSON, the author of the " Treatise on
pronouncess the water to be disgusting to the
:A-111ut .111. e d the effluvia to affect the senses."
.
h thus concludes—" We sneer," says the doctor,
e
'e delicacy of the Hindoo, who slakes his thirst at
lts-dite tank where hie neighbour is sacrificing to Cloacirla ;
Who
%ter , • snail we say to the delicate citizens. of Westmin-
ill,' who fill their tanks and stomachs with water from
Ict4aTlia
irn,s, at that very spot into which a hundred thou-
ALL ke.'°c'eces containing EVERT SPECIES OF FILTH AND
.
hides-}(eTTERAELE THINGS, are daily disgorging their
141i°' and abominable contents. It is absolutely asto-
pulls% that in these days of refinement, and in a Metro-
-114 11:4°Be inhabitants pride themselves on delicacy and
silliine's, a practice should obtain, at which posterity
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br. oer, if they can credit it. .
Bert, Baursom makes us acquainted with a fact, the.
ef ti,"'" (4 which will excite the same disgust in the mind
'Peet, lea'ier, as we ourselves feel in narrating it. On in-
ht,; °g the Thames near the landing at Chelsea Hospital,
hßh z I'l saw " the and black stream from the Rane-
.,,,
44(Ith et', passing between the Company s steam-engine
Pro bolphin,
' loaded with no small portion of UNDIVIDED
4.ri •
murn Faosi PHIVIE,," from which be con-
New, that " a considerable quantity of human excre-
ii4" subdivided and undecomposed state, actually
t." uur cisterns.
the .44 'h.:.(te of Filtration not only clarifies, but purifies,
(*Ys't,i'.'.t turbid, citagnant water, rendering it of a
tl..,tru-ooe brilliancy, and at the ,anie time most effectually
both SMELL nii,l 'PASTE. Its adaptation to
enhances its valuable qualities, by
obviating the
84,45.°F repeatedly charging it as heretofore, anti insures
.4ny,:14,11 Preventive against the possibility of employing
eltl).`"4 water than that which has passed the Filter,
A4r for Culinary operations, or in fact for any domestic
ttki pi.:* The rapidity of the process of Filtration stands
thit it—cmhianwingst its advantages. The Proprietor does
:Ato,ll,4te the precise number of Gallons capable of being
41t1,:", but is enabled confidently to assert, that so fast
`itt4ter is supplied at the top of the Filter, so fast
ti.ischarge itself front the bottom ill a highly puri-
k,""
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steeds Moderate Price (from Three Guineas upwards, but
''iltt7e"Nceeding Six, in proportion to the dimensions of
leuir:), by rendering it attainable to all Housekeepers,
tt4tc,.: ti real blessing on Society, by at once removing the
-1144111°1 k multitude of diseases, which are justly at
'l' to the, nerions particles contained in the water.
'ort 14e"nith,odat.“Piiyate FarniliFs who desire to have
141,:h'e Filters, it respectfully suggested that they are
'44 44
of all dimensions, at the Officc, in the Strands
11%4 forwarded to all parts of England.
2 PORTABLE FILTERS IN EARTHENWARE.
110
3 b!t Size, purifying 12 Gallons per day 255.
(lb! to .........ditto IS Ditto 305.
its,
12t bitto...handsomely ornamented,
. 40 Ditto 425.
tt!..o .................. 65 Ditto. sss.
..................... 90 Ditto. 7ss.
tltif.,tll°l'al Filter, aeon this plan, will chrystallize and
itthell water in the course of the day as the largest
TL ."04 of a family can desire.
:,re
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tt ts„Bre also POrtitble' Cistern, eapable of filtering
to 500 gallons, every 24. hours. These can he
• fl Part of the country.
`sl'r •
GB, n "lit'ettis may be had, and Filters, in full opera-
-4-'4,e4,,L he inspected, at the Office of the Patentee,.
hekii: Robins, Na. 69, Strand, opposite the Adelphi
Where Orders are requested to be addressed,