Dwelling Houses: Their Sanitary Construction and Arrangements ...D. Van Nostrand, 1880 - 156 Seiten |
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... taken up at any time to be beaten , without moving the furniture which is against the walls . The skirting boards of wood- en floors should be let into a groove in the floor . This will serve to prevent draughts coming through , and ...
... taken up at any time to be beaten , without moving the furniture which is against the walls . The skirting boards of wood- en floors should be let into a groove in the floor . This will serve to prevent draughts coming through , and ...
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... taken as an index of the impurity of the atmosphere . The average amount of carbonic acid in the outer air is four parts in ten thousand . Professor De Chaumont found by his experiments that , whenever the amount of carbonic acid in the ...
... taken as an index of the impurity of the atmosphere . The average amount of carbonic acid in the outer air is four parts in ten thousand . Professor De Chaumont found by his experiments that , whenever the amount of carbonic acid in the ...
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... taken out and one of these ventilators substituted for it . The louvres can be opened and shut by means of a string , and they are so fixed that it is them by doing so . impossible to break They are generally fixed instead of one of the ...
... taken out and one of these ventilators substituted for it . The louvres can be opened and shut by means of a string , and they are so fixed that it is them by doing so . impossible to break They are generally fixed instead of one of the ...
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... taken out and cleansed as often as necessary . Several contrivances have been devised for the admission of air close to the floor , just behind a perforated skirting board . Among these are Ellison's conical venti- lator , shown in the ...
... taken out and cleansed as often as necessary . Several contrivances have been devised for the admission of air close to the floor , just behind a perforated skirting board . Among these are Ellison's conical venti- lator , shown in the ...
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... taken advantage of . The same inventor has also con- trived one which can be used between the ceiling of one room and the floor of the room above , provided that this space can be well ventilated . This brings us naturally to say a ...
... taken advantage of . The same inventor has also con- trived one which can be used between the ceiling of one room and the floor of the room above , provided that this space can be well ventilated . This brings us naturally to say 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...