John Bailey Denton (1814–1893) M. Inst. C.E.; F.G.S., was a British surveyor and civil engineer.

Biography

When discussing the value of sewage, Denton records that Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, a chemist, demonstrated that a harvest of 800 lb of wheat and 900 lb of barley can be obtained from the nearly 16 lb of nitrogen an adult's body-waste produces yearly. In addition, 9s (£0 at present worth as of 2025) was calculated by Dr. Augustus Voelcker, the consulting chemist for the Royal Agricultural Society of England, to be the annual value of ammonia and phosphates excreted per head.

Honorary

Honorary member of the R.A.S.S. of Denmark, Sweden, and Hanover.

List of publications

This list is taken from ODNB and Works by Mr Bailey-Denton, M. Inst. C.E.; F.G.S., in Sewage Disposal (1895).