Dwelling Houses: Their Sanitary Construction and ArrangementsLewis, 1885 - 117 Seiten |
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... advisable to have a damp - proof course in the walls all round the house , at a little distance above the ground level , whether the site be a damp one or not . This damp - proof course may be made of asphalte , stoneware , or slate in ...
... advisable to have a damp - proof course in the walls all round the house , at a little distance above the ground level , whether the site be a damp one or not . This damp - proof course may be made of asphalte , stoneware , or slate in ...
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... advisable , may be prevented from being closed by means of a small wedge of wood screwed to the frame- work . The blind so often placed across the lower part of a window may also advantageously be used as a ventilator , or , where no ...
... advisable , may be prevented from being closed by means of a small wedge of wood screwed to the frame- work . The blind so often placed across the lower part of a window may also advantageously be used as a ventilator , or , where no ...
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... advisable , by the employment of double windows , the layer of air between the two windows preventing , to a very considerable extent , the cooling of the air inside the room . It is not advisable to have double panes of glass in the ...
... advisable , by the employment of double windows , the layer of air between the two windows preventing , to a very considerable extent , the cooling of the air inside the room . It is not advisable to have double panes of glass in the ...
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... advisable , as the apertures get clogged up , and the en- trance of air is much impeded . It is better to have an iron grating which will prevent birds entering , and to em- FIG . 7 . Rail Current of of door Fresh air Currall Ventilator ...
... advisable , as the apertures get clogged up , and the en- trance of air is much impeded . It is better to have an iron grating which will prevent birds entering , and to em- FIG . 7 . Rail Current of of door Fresh air Currall Ventilator ...
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... advisable only to admit warmed air at a low level into rooms , but there is no rea- son why such openings should not be made high up in the rooms - behind cornices , for example . Prichett's paving , made of agricultural pipes , may ...
... advisable only to admit warmed air at a low level into rooms , but there is no rea- son why such openings should not be made high up in the rooms - behind cornices , for example . Prichett's paving , made of agricultural pipes , may ...
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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,...