Dwelling Houses: Their Sanitary Construction and Arrangements ...D. Van Nostrand, 1880 - 156 Seiten |
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... brick- work , with or without mortar ; or , as is very commonly the case , of pervious agricultural tiles . The surface gutters must also be mentioned in connection with the drains , and they are , of course , especially necessary on ...
... brick- work , with or without mortar ; or , as is very commonly the case , of pervious agricultural tiles . The surface gutters must also be mentioned in connection with the drains , and they are , of course , especially necessary on ...
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... bricks by capillary attraction , and make the walls of the house damp , rendering the house itself unwholesome . The inner side of the walls in the basement floor may be advantageously made of glazed bricks or of hard black Stafford ...
... bricks by capillary attraction , and make the walls of the house damp , rendering the house itself unwholesome . The inner side of the walls in the basement floor may be advantageously made of glazed bricks or of hard black Stafford ...
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... bricks , stone of various kinds ( the choice of which must be left to the discretion of the architect ) , and , in some parts of the country , flint . Bricks stand fire better than anything else , for the simple reason that they have ...
... bricks , stone of various kinds ( the choice of which must be left to the discretion of the architect ) , and , in some parts of the country , flint . Bricks stand fire better than anything else , for the simple reason that they have ...
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... bricks , which we should perhaps call tiles , at intervals , and they faced the surface with stones , generally disposed after the fashion known as opus reticulatum . This con- sisted in placing small cubical blocks of stone against the ...
... bricks , which we should perhaps call tiles , at intervals , and they faced the surface with stones , generally disposed after the fashion known as opus reticulatum . This con- sisted in placing small cubical blocks of stone against the ...
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... brick arches between iron gird- ers , in which case there is no space between the flooring of one room and the ceiling of the room below . When timber is used , it should be dry and well - seasoned , with sound boarding , to ensure a ...
... brick arches between iron gird- ers , in which case there is no space between the flooring of one room and the ceiling of the room below . When timber is used , it should be dry and well - seasoned , with sound boarding , to ensure a ...
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allowed aperture ball valve basement basin Bostel bricks carbonic acid carried ceiling cesspools cistern cloth compartment containing contrivance course covered cowl cylinder D-trap discharge disconnected drains draught drinking water dust edition Engineer escape especially excretal matters exit shaft filtering material fixed floor flue foul air foul water frequently galvanized iron ground hard waters holes hopper closet house sewer Illustrated impervious impure inches inside instances iron grating joints kind louvres lower sash means ments Messrs metal milk of lime necessary NOSTRAND'S PUBLICATIONS nuisance organic matter outer air overflow pipe pass pervious placed plate purposes quantity of water rain-water receptacles refuse matters sanitary side sinks siphon trap soft water soil pipe sometimes stoneware stoves stratum supply of water surface tank thrown tion TREATISE tube typhoid fever valve box valve closet ventilating pipe vertical wall warm waste pipes water closets water pipes water-waste preventer window
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Seite 79 - It ought to be an absolute condition for a public water supply that it should be uncontaminated by drainage.
Seite 53 - ... does, whereas one gas burner will consume as much oxygen and give out as much carbonic acid as five or six men, or even more. This is why it is commonly considered that gas is more injurious than lamps or candles...