Dwelling Houses: Their Sanitary Construction and ArrangementsLewis, 1885 - 117 Seiten |
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... 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 proximity of buildings is the next matter to be OF HOUSES . 5 ...
... 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 proximity of buildings is the next matter to be OF HOUSES . 5 ...
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... rendering the house itself unwholesome . The inner side of the walls in the basement floor may be advantageously made of glazed bricks or of hard black Staffordshire bricks. Stoneware Damp - proof course . ( d . ) Perforated skirting ...
... rendering the house itself unwholesome . The inner side of the walls in the basement floor may be advantageously made of glazed bricks or of hard black Staffordshire bricks. Stoneware Damp - proof course . ( d . ) Perforated skirting ...
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... rendered impure in various ways but chiefly by our respiration , and by the products of combustion that are allowed ... renders such atmospheres stuffy , and not the diminution of oxygen or the increase of carbonic acid , which are so ...
... rendered impure in various ways but chiefly by our respiration , and by the products of combustion that are allowed ... renders such atmospheres stuffy , and not the diminution of oxygen or the increase of carbonic acid , which are so ...
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... render them more or less opaque in certain states of the weather . With double windows , air may be admitted by opening the outer one at the bottom and the inner one at the top . Where French casement win- dows , are used , as they ...
... render them more or less opaque in certain states of the weather . With double windows , air may be admitted by opening the outer one at the bottom and the inner one at the top . Where French casement win- dows , are used , as they ...
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... render the air impure . It is calculated that two 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 ...
... render the air impure . It is calculated that two 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 ...
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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,...