GEORGE M. PRICE
Acknowledgment
We beg to tender grateful acknowledgment to author and publisher for the use of Dr. George M. Price's valuable articles on sanitation. The following extracts are taken from Dr. Price's "Handbook on Sanitation," published by John Wiley & Son, and are covered by copyright.
CHAPTER I
Soil and Sites
Definition.—By the term "soil" we mean the superficial layer of the earth, a result of the geological disintegration of the primitive rock by the action of the elements upon it and of the decay of vegetable and animal life.
Composition.—Soil consists of solids, water, and air.
Solids.—The solid constituents of the soil are inorganic and organic in character.