Dwelling Houses: Their Sanitary Construction and ArrangementsLewis, 1885 - 117 Seiten |
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... causes a slow decomposition of the organic matters in it , and renders it less objectiona- ble as a site for building purposes . Nevertheless , no one would choose to live in a house built upon " made ground " if he could help it . The ...
... causes a slow decomposition of the organic matters in it , and renders it less objectiona- ble as a site for building purposes . Nevertheless , no one would choose to live in a house built upon " made ground " if he could help it . The ...
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... causing draught , and so each person ought to have from a thousand to 750 cubic feet of space , the air of which should be changed three or four times per hour respec- tively . The way in which this space is arranged is also a matter of ...
... causing draught , and so each person ought to have from a thousand to 750 cubic feet of space , the air of which should be changed three or four times per hour respec- tively . The way in which this space is arranged is also a matter of ...
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... causes a diminu- tion of pressure in the column of air in the chimney or ventilator , and so produces an up - current , upon precisely the same principle that little bottles made for distributing scent about apartments act . For this ...
... causes a diminu- tion of pressure in the column of air in the chimney or ventilator , and so produces an up - current , upon precisely the same principle that little bottles made for distributing scent about apartments act . For this ...
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... cause or increase an up - draught in them . In this way not only is smoke prevented from descending into the rooms , but the amount of air car- ried from the rooms up the chimneys is increased , and the ventilation of the house improved ...
... cause or increase an up - draught in them . In this way not only is smoke prevented from descending into the rooms , but the amount of air car- ried from the rooms up the chimneys is increased , and the ventilation of the house improved ...
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... cause no draught . I may state here that it is better , in a large room , to have two or more small ventilators of any kind whatever , than one large one , and that no single inlet opening should be larger than a square foot . Openings ...
... cause no draught . I may state here that it is better , in a large room , to have two or more small ventilators of any kind whatever , than one large one , and that no single inlet opening should be larger than a square foot . Openings ...
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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,...