Dwelling Houses: Their Sanitary Construction and Arrangements ...D. Van Nostrand, 1880 - 156 Seiten |
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Seite 43
... handle , by means of which the venti- lator can be opened or shut or kept at any desired position . What has been said before applies to these ventilators . They should not be placed too near the ceiling , and this is the mistake that ...
... handle , by means of which the venti- lator can be opened or shut or kept at any desired position . What has been said before applies to these ventilators . They should not be placed too near the ceiling , and this is the mistake that ...
Seite 139
... handle the valve is made to move suddenly in the valve box , air from the latter is forced out through the water in the siphon bend of the overflow pipe , as any one can see , who will take the trouble to place a piece of moist . tissue ...
... handle the valve is made to move suddenly in the valve box , air from the latter is forced out through the water in the siphon bend of the overflow pipe , as any one can see , who will take the trouble to place a piece of moist . tissue ...
Seite 145
... the water , and the other one which moves the valve . The piston is made so large that the cyl- inder adheres to it , and when the handle is pulled up the cylinder is , therefore , lifted with it , and the valve opened and the 145.
... the water , and the other one which moves the valve . The piston is made so large that the cyl- inder adheres to it , and when the handle is pulled up the cylinder is , therefore , lifted with it , and the valve opened and the 145.
Seite 146
... handle of the closet be held up or not , so that the proper quantity of water is supplied even if the handle is pulled up and let go at once . The oldest and best known of these is Underhay's regulator valve . The valve itself is , of ...
... handle of the closet be held up or not , so that the proper quantity of water is supplied even if the handle is pulled up and let go at once . The oldest and best known of these is Underhay's regulator valve . The valve itself is , of ...
Seite 147
... handle is pulled up , can be regulated to a nicety . The commonest form of this regulator is known as the bellows regulator . Other regulator valves are Tylor's and Jennings ' , in which , by means of simple arrangements , the rate at ...
... handle is pulled up , can be regulated to a nicety . The commonest form of this regulator is known as the bellows regulator . Other regulator valves are Tylor's and Jennings ' , in which , by means of simple arrangements , the rate at ...
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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...