Dwelling Houses: Their Sanitary Construction and Arrangements ...D. Van Nostrand, 1880 - 156 Seiten |
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... Lead is largely used , especially upon flat roofs , and is valuable an account of its lasting properties . Where there are eaves , it is important that they should not drip on to the walls , but project , so as to throw the water off ...
... Lead is largely used , especially upon flat roofs , and is valuable an account of its lasting properties . Where there are eaves , it is important that they should not drip on to the walls , but project , so as to throw the water off ...
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... lead or iron . They must have a sufficient fall , and shoot directly into the heads of the rain - water pipes . They should be wide enough inside to stand in , so that the snow may be cleared out . If this is not done , it will ...
... lead or iron . They must have a sufficient fall , and shoot directly into the heads of the rain - water pipes . They should be wide enough inside to stand in , so that the snow may be cleared out . If this is not done , it will ...
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... lead should , of course , not be used , but the silicate , or the indestructible paints , and zinc white should be used instead of white lead . Paper as a covering for walls has the disadvantage that , as a rule , it cannot be washed ...
... lead should , of course , not be used , but the silicate , or the indestructible paints , and zinc white should be used instead of white lead . Paper as a covering for walls has the disadvantage that , as a rule , it cannot be washed ...
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... lead , and are thereby rendered more or less poisonous . Those , however , are chiefly pure and soft waters . Waters containing mineral salts in solu- tion , such as those generally supplied for drinking purposes , scarcely attack lead ...
... lead , and are thereby rendered more or less poisonous . Those , however , are chiefly pure and soft waters . Waters containing mineral salts in solu- tion , such as those generally supplied for drinking purposes , scarcely attack lead ...
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... lead , and it is said that they will last longer . Bends are made of almost every possible shape just as in gas pipes . In some rare instances lead pipes are attacked from the outside by water containing carbonic acid in the soil , as ...
... lead , and it is said that they will last longer . Bends are made of almost every possible shape just as in gas pipes . In some rare instances lead pipes are attacked from the outside by water containing carbonic acid in the soil , as ...
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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...