Dwelling Houses: Their Sanitary Construction and Arrangements ...D. Van Nostrand, 1880 - 156 Seiten |
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... ceiling below , or air passing from the room below to that above . Good flooring evidently serves to protect the ceilings of rooms below . Where there is space between the flooring and the ceiling , and still more especially where a ...
... ceiling below , or air passing from the room below to that above . Good flooring evidently serves to protect the ceilings of rooms below . Where there is space between the flooring and the ceiling , and still more especially where a ...
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... ceilings below . * Rain - water gutters should not be carried through the house from one side to the other , and especially not through bedrooms . Nor should they be carried , as is sometimes done , round the house inside the walls ...
... ceilings below . * Rain - water gutters should not be carried through the house from one side to the other , and especially not through bedrooms . Nor should they be carried , as is sometimes done , round the house inside the walls ...
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... Ceilings . For these plastering is in most general use . It is better painted than distempered . Whitewashing , how- ever , answers very well , and can be re- peated as often as necessary . Paper should not be used for covering ceilings ...
... Ceilings . For these plastering is in most general use . It is better painted than distempered . Whitewashing , how- ever , answers very well , and can be re- peated as often as necessary . Paper should not be used for covering ceilings ...
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... ceiling , rebounds into the room , and produces a draught . The metal frame work of these ventilators requires oiling and attending to , or it will get rusty . In some places fixed louvres of wood , or still better , of strong glass ...
... ceiling , rebounds into the room , and produces a draught . The metal frame work of these ventilators requires oiling and attending to , or it will get rusty . In some places fixed louvres of wood , or still better , of strong glass ...
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... ceiling , and this is the mistake that is generally made in fixing them . Stevens ' drawer ventilator may also be mentioned here . The name almost describes it . It resembles a drawer , which is pulled out of the wall for a certain ...
... ceiling , and this is the mistake that is generally made in fixing them . Stevens ' drawer ventilator may also be mentioned here . The name almost describes it . It resembles a drawer , which is pulled out of the wall for a certain ...
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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...