Dwelling Houses: Their Sanitary Construction and ArrangementsLewis, 1885 - 117 Seiten |
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aërated air inlet aperture apparatus Ball valve basement basin bricks carbonic acid carried cement cistern compartment connected considerable container contrivance course covered cowl D-trap damp-proof course discharge disconnected domestic purposes door drains draught drinking water dust escape excretal matters exit shaft filtering material Fleeming Jenkin floor flue foul air foul water frequently gas burner hard waters holes hopper closet house-sewer impervious impure inside instances joints lead louvres lower main sewer means Messrs metal milk of lime necessary nuisance outer air outlet overflow pipe pass perforated pervious placed prevent products of combustion quantity of water rain-water receptacles refuse matters sash sewer or cesspool sewer trap side silicated carbon sinks siphon trap soft water soil soil-pipe sometimes stoneware stoves supply of water surface tank towns tube typhoid fever valve box ventilating pipe vertical wall warm waste waste-pipe water supplied water-closets window
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Seite 56 - It ought to be an absolute condition for a public water supply that it should be uncontaminated by drainage.
Seite 36 - ... 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...
Seite 66 - This consists chiefly of ashes and cinders ; but, unfortunately, the dust bin or ash pit is only too convenient a receptacle for all kinds of refuse matters, including kitchen debris, and so, in a large number of instances, these receptacles, especially in hot weather, become excessively foul, and an abominable nuisance. If the dust were removed daily, as it should be wherever this is practicable, the mixture of organic matter with it would not be of great importance, but where this cannot be done,...