Architectural Hygiene; Or, Sanitary Science as Applied to Buildings ...Whittaker, 1911 - 284 Seiten |
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Seite 146 - F.) there was no rise. The rise of temperature after removing from the oven therefore would seem to depend partly upon the difference in temperature between the outside and the inside of the meat, ie, the greater the difference in temperature, the greater will be the rise. In the case of one roast which is not included in the table, an attempt was made to over-cook the meat very much by raising the inner temperature to 100° C. (212° F.). Although the roast was thinner than usual, at...
Seite 16 - ... the evils connected with such houses, courts, or alleys, and the sanitary defects in such area cannot be effectually remedied otherwise than by an improvement scheme for the rearrangement and reconstruction of the streets and houses...
Seite 17 - ... that the evils connected with such houses, courts, or alleys, and the sanitary defects in such area cannot be effectually remedied otherwise than by an improvement scheme...
Seite 2 - THERE is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic : a man's own observation, what he finds good of, and what he finds hurt of, is the best physic to preserve health...
Seite 101 - ... is thrown up in a column to the height of 120 feet. I went also to see the reservoir, enclosing an area of no less than thirty-six acres, from which the water is distributed to all parts of New York. In this artificial lake all the river sediment is deposited, the basin being divided into two parts, so that one may be cleaned out while the other is in use. The tunnel or pipe conveying the water for a distance of more than thirty miles, from the source to the Haerlem river, is so large, that the...
Seite 16 - An underground room, the floor of which is more than 3 feet below the surface of the part of the street adjoining or nearest to the room, or more than 3 feet below the surface of any ground within 9 feet of the room, shall be deemed to be unfit for human habitation if either...
Seite 28 - Light (God's eldest daughter) is a principal beauty in a building ; yet it shines out alike from all parts of the heavens. An east window gives the infant beams of the sun, before they are of strength to do harm, and is offensive to none but a sluggard. A south window in summer is a chimney with a fire in it, and stands in need to be screened by a curtain. In a west window the sun grows low, and ever familiar towards night in summer-time, and with more light than delight.