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George E. (George Edwin) Waring
George Edwin Waring Jr. (1833–1898) was an American sanitary engineer, author, and civic reformer. He is best known for his contributions to urban sanitation, particularly for leading the design of New York City's sanitation system in the late 19th century. Waring authored several influential works, including "Draining for Profit, and Draining for Health" (1867), which addressed agricultural drainage. He also served as the head of New York City's Department of Street Cleaning, where his efforts significantly improved public health by introducing waste management practices that reduced disease.
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INTRODUCTION. What is the object of cultivating the soil? What is necessary in order to cultivate with economy? Are plants created from nothing? The object of cultivating the soil is to raise from it a crop of plants. In order to cultivate with economy, we must raise the largest possible quantity with the least expense, and without permanent injury to the soil. Before this can be done we must study the...
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VILLAGE IMPROVEMENTS. It may be because the newness of our country and the fragile character of our early structures have prevented the accumulation of inferior, ugly, and uncomfortable houses, as the nucleus around which later building has crystallized; it may be from circumstances which have prevented the isolated residence of the better classes of our people; or it may be the result of accident....
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