A Handbook for Water-Drinkers by G. L. Austin (M. D. ) - 1883

Boston: Lee and Shepard Publishers, 1883. Copyright 1882. Pocket-size guide to drinking water analysis, in good condition, bound in silky brown cloth. Druggist store stamps on end papers. Newspaper clipping headlined Drinking Water Safety pasted back of preface page, causing brown stain on opposite page. Preface, dated Aug. 1882, states, "I have had in view the single object of placing in the hands of persons, who are not professional or expert chemists, a ready and pleasing method of determining water-analysis .. to the extent necessary to afford a perfect idea as regards its wholesomeness or unwholesomeness for drinking purposes." 48 tight but slightly browned pages with appendix and ads. A few penciled notations throughout.