Dwelling Houses: Their Sanitary Construction and ArrangementsLewis, 1885 - 117 Seiten |
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... carbonic acid than the air that we inspire . It is neither the diminution of oxygen nor the increase of carbonic acid in the air of rooms that is of the greatest importance to living beings , but the accumulation of foul organic matter ...
... carbonic acid than the air that we inspire . It is neither the diminution of oxygen nor the increase of carbonic acid in the air of rooms that is of the greatest importance to living beings , but the accumulation of foul organic matter ...
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... carbonic acid per 10,000 of air , over and above that in the outer air , are taken as the limit of respiratory impurity . As a person breathes out , on the average , six cubic feet of carbonic acid in ten hours , it is clear that , in ...
... carbonic acid per 10,000 of air , over and above that in the outer air , are taken as the limit of respiratory impurity . As a person breathes out , on the average , six cubic feet of carbonic acid in ten hours , it is clear that , in ...
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... sperm candles , or one good oil lamp , render the air about as impure as one man does , whereas one gas burner will consume as much oxygen and give out as much carbonic acid as five or six men , 36 VENTILATION , LIGHTING , AND WARMING .
... sperm candles , or one good oil lamp , render the air about as impure as one man does , whereas one gas burner will consume as much oxygen and give out as much carbonic acid as five or six men , 36 VENTILATION , LIGHTING , AND WARMING .
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Their Sanitary Construction and Arrangements William Henry Corfield. as much carbonic acid as five or six men , or even more . This is why it is commonly considered that gas is more in- jurious than lamps or candles , and so it is when ...
Their Sanitary Construction and Arrangements William Henry Corfield. as much carbonic acid as five or six men , or even more . This is why it is commonly considered that gas is more in- jurious than lamps or candles , and so it is when ...
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... carbonic oxide ( an extremely poison- ous substance ) , and should , therefore , not be allowed to escape into the air , even in the smallest quantity . I have now to mention an artificial system of ventilation which has been lately ...
... carbonic oxide ( an extremely poison- ous substance ) , and should , therefore , not be allowed to escape into the air , even in the smallest quantity . I have now to mention an artificial system of ventilation which has been lately ...
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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,...