Dwelling Houses: Their Sanitary Construction and ArrangementsLewis, 1885 - 117 Seiten |
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... discharge into rain - water tanks , which must be well ventilated , or on to the surface of the ground or area round the house . They should not be directly connected with the drains or sewers . Neither should they be placed with their ...
... discharge into rain - water tanks , which must be well ventilated , or on to the surface of the ground or area round the house . They should not be directly connected with the drains or sewers . Neither should they be placed with their ...
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... discharge into an old cess- pool , after a properly constructed sewer has been made to receive the refuse matters from the water - closets . This is a source of great danger to the inmates of the house . In some instances , however ...
... discharge into an old cess- pool , after a properly constructed sewer has been made to receive the refuse matters from the water - closets . This is a source of great danger to the inmates of the house . In some instances , however ...
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... discharge it at intervals . The best contrivance for this purpose is Mr. Rogers Field's flush tank ; the slop - water is discharged over a loose iron grating at the top , and passes through a funnel - shaped aperture with a siphon bend ...
... discharge it at intervals . The best contrivance for this purpose is Mr. Rogers Field's flush tank ; the slop - water is discharged over a loose iron grating at the top , and passes through a funnel - shaped aperture with a siphon bend ...
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... discharged into it , and anything beyond that size is an absolute disadvantage , as it makes it more difficult to flush the sewers properly , for a larger pipe is insufficiently flushed by a quantity of water that would easily flush a ...
... discharged into it , and anything beyond that size is an absolute disadvantage , as it makes it more difficult to flush the sewers properly , for a larger pipe is insufficiently flushed by a quantity of water that would easily flush a ...
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... discharge over the surface of the yard or area . The surface gulleys for words , & c . , should be stoneware siphon gulleys , provided galvanised iron gratings , which are better than stone- ware gratings and are less liable to break ...
... discharge over the surface of the yard or area . The surface gulleys for words , & c . , should be stoneware siphon gulleys , provided galvanised iron gratings , which are better than stone- ware gratings and are less liable to break ...
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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,...