Dwelling Houses: Their Sanitary Construction and ArrangementsLewis, 1885 - 117 Seiten |
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... Advantages of Soft Water Clark's Process for Softening Water - Porter - Clark Process -Atkins's Process • Quantity required - Sources of Water.- Rain - Wells - Shallow Springs and Small Streams - Aqueducts - River Water- Artesian Wells ...
... Advantages of Soft Water Clark's Process for Softening Water - Porter - Clark Process -Atkins's Process • Quantity required - Sources of Water.- Rain - Wells - Shallow Springs and Small Streams - Aqueducts - River Water- Artesian Wells ...
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... advantage that dust does not accumu- late so readily in the corners , which are more easily swept and cleaned , and the carpet can be taken up at any time to be beaten without moving the furniture which is against the walls . The ...
... advantage that dust does not accumu- late so readily in the corners , which are more easily swept and cleaned , and the carpet can be taken up at any time to be beaten without moving the furniture which is against the walls . The ...
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... advantage that they cannot get out of order . The revolving cowls have the disadvantage which is common to all apparatus with moving parts , that they D are certain to get out of order some day or. VENTILATION , LIGHTING , AND WARMING ...
... advantage that they cannot get out of order . The revolving cowls have the disadvantage which is common to all apparatus with moving parts , that they D are certain to get out of order some day or. VENTILATION , LIGHTING , AND WARMING ...
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... advantage of . This brings us naturally to say a little about lighting . Candles , lamps , and gas help to render the air impure . It is calculated that two sperm candles , or one good oil lamp , render the air about as impure as one ...
... advantage of . This brings us naturally to say a little about lighting . Candles , lamps , and gas help to render the air impure . It is calculated that two sperm candles , or one good oil lamp , render the air about as impure as one ...
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... advantage of this plan , too , was perfectly well recognised by the ancient Romans . Frontinus tells us that it pleased the Emperor ( as he puts it ) to order that the water supplied by certain aqueducts should be furnished to the ...
... advantage of this plan , too , was perfectly well recognised by the ancient Romans . Frontinus tells us that it pleased the Emperor ( as he puts it ) to order that the water supplied by certain aqueducts should be furnished to the ...
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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,...