Dwelling Houses: Their Sanitary Construction and Arrangements ...D. Van Nostrand, 1880 - 156 Seiten |
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... floor should only be used as cellars — not as living rooms -- and should always be arched . The concrete floor may be covered with asphalte , tiles or York pav- ing , but wooden floors should never be used below the ground level . The ...
... floor should only be used as cellars — not as living rooms -- and should always be arched . The concrete floor may be covered with asphalte , tiles or York pav- ing , but wooden floors should never be used below the ground level . The ...
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... floor may be advantageously made of glazed bricks or of hard black Stafford- shire bricks , but no covering of any kind . whatever should be placed on those walls . The money should be spent on good construction , and not on covering up ...
... floor may be advantageously made of glazed bricks or of hard black Stafford- shire bricks , but no covering of any kind . whatever should be placed on those walls . The money should be spent on good construction , and not on covering up ...
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... 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 separation between the rooms , and to prevent either water leaking from the floor to ...
... 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 separation between the rooms , and to prevent either water leaking from the floor to ...
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... flooring . This is usually done by placing a perforated iron grating , instead of a brick , here and there , in the outer walls , so that air can pass freely in or out below the floors . For this pur- pose bricks , such as those ...
... flooring . This is usually done by placing a perforated iron grating , instead of a brick , here and there , in the outer walls , so that air can pass freely in or out below the floors . For this pur- pose bricks , such as those ...
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... registering apparatus in the hall . An anemometer is also useful . Thus far about the construction of the building itself . We now come to the finishing off inside . The floors should be covered with boarding - oak bees - waxed 22.
... registering apparatus in the hall . An anemometer is also useful . Thus far about the construction of the building itself . We now come to the finishing off inside . The floors should be covered with boarding - oak bees - waxed 22.
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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...