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The River of Death- A Tale of London In Peril by Fred Merrick White
Author : Fred White
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Page : 28 pages
File Size : 44,79 MB
Release : 2017-10-08
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ISBN : 9781978038097
The River of Death- A Tale of London In Peril by Fred Merrick White
Author : Fred White
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Page : 28 pages
File Size : 13,34 MB
Release : 2017-08-02
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ISBN : 9781974075676
The River of Death- A Tale of London In Peril by Fred Merrick White Unabridged
Author : Frederick White
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Page : 30 pages
File Size : 41,43 MB
Release : 2017-08-22
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ISBN : 9781975675790
Frederick Merrick White (1859-1935) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name "Fred M. White" including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London.
Author : Fred Merrick White
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Page : 44 pages
File Size : 28,69 MB
Release : 2020-10-22
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Another in the "Doom of London" series, in which the author sounds a clarion call of potential disasters that may fall upon the great city. Here he relates a tale of environmental contamination leading to a medical panic.
Author : Fred Merrick White
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Page : 30 pages
File Size : 42,48 MB
Release : 2016-03-21
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ISBN : 9781530652587
Frederick Merrick White (1859-1935) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name "Fred M. White" including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Goble. He was also a pioneer of the spy story, and in 2003, his series The Romance of the Secret Service Fund (written in 1899) was edited by Douglas G. Greene and published by Battered Silicon Dispatch Box.
Author : Fred Merrick White
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Page : 44 pages
File Size : 24,5 MB
Release : 2021-04-12
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Another in the "Doom of London" series, in which the author sounds a clarion call of potential disasters that may fall upon the great city. Here he relates a tale of environmental contamination leading to a medical panic.
Author : Fred Merrick White
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 12,68 MB
Release : 2016-12-18
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ISBN : 9781541186583
Another in the "Doom of London" series, in which the author sounds a clarion call of potential disasters that may fall upon the great city. Here he relates a tale of environmental contamination leading to a medical panic. London in a year of severe drought; water level in the Thames river extremely low, blazing heat wave for 3 weeks in August; a Portuguese cargo ship sinks and contaminates a tributary of the Thames; 3 of the crew members are discovered to be dying of some disease; the local doctor is frightened by what he sees, calls the health authorities, who call for help from Professor Darbyshire, a scientist who deals with "fighting diseases in the bulk," someone we might call an environmental epidemiologist today; he investigates, then ... Darbyshire makes a hurried call asking his friend, Dr. Longdale, to come at once to his house where he has a small laboratory. "Darbyshire produced a phial of cloudy fluid, some of which he proceeded to lay on the glass of a powerful microscope. Longdale fairly staggered back from the eyepiece. "Bubonic! The water reeks with the........
Author : Fred Merrick White
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Page : 38 pages
File Size : 18,48 MB
Release : 2021-06-03
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Another in the "Doom of London" series, in which the author sounds a clarion call of potential disasters that may fall upon the great city. Here he relates a tale of environmental contamination leading to a medical panic.
Author : Fred Merrick White
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Page : 44 pages
File Size : 37,88 MB
Release : 2021-05-20
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Another in the "Doom of London" series, in which the author sounds a clarion call of potential disasters that may fall upon the great city. Here he relates a tale of environmental contamination leading to a medical panic.
Author : Fred Merrick White
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Page : 70 pages
File Size : 11,8 MB
Release : 2020-11-16
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"Darbyshire produced a phial of cloudy fluid, some of which he proceeded to lay on the glass of a powerful microscope. Longdale fairly staggered back from the eyepiece. "Bubonic! The water reeks with the bacillus! I haven't seen it so strongly marked since we were in New Orleans together. Darbyshire, you don't mean to say that this sample came from-"Yes, the sample was water from the contaminated Thames, the river from which roughly 4/5 of the water comes to supply the needs of the 5 million Londoners. Longdale says the water system must be shut off."And deprive four-fifths of London with water altogether!" Darbyshire said grimly. "And London grilling like a furnace? No flushing of sewers, no watering of roads, not even a drop to drink. In two days London would be a reeking, seething hell - try and picture it, Longdale."