Dwelling Houses: Their Sanitary Construction and ArrangementsLewis, 1885 - 117 Seiten |
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... Walls - Damp - proof Course Dry Area - Walls - Materials Cement - Chimney Flues . . Down Draughts in Flues - Flooring , Ventilation under ... Wall Paper - Ceilings - Woodwork - Finish 14 CHAPTER II . VENTILATION , LIGHTING , AND WARMING .
... Walls - Damp - proof Course Dry Area - Walls - Materials Cement - Chimney Flues . . Down Draughts in Flues - Flooring , Ventilation under ... Wall Paper - Ceilings - Woodwork - Finish 14 CHAPTER II . VENTILATION , LIGHTING , AND WARMING .
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... Walls or Doors - Sherringham Valve Stevens's Drawer Ventilator 225 • • 27 Jennings's " Inlet " -Iron Grating - Currall's Door Ven- tilator Vertical Tubes . Water Tray Filtering Bags - Ellison's Conical Ventilators - Prichett's Paving ...
... Walls or Doors - Sherringham Valve Stevens's Drawer Ventilator 225 • • 27 Jennings's " Inlet " -Iron Grating - Currall's Door Ven- tilator Vertical Tubes . Water Tray Filtering Bags - Ellison's Conical Ventilators - Prichett's Paving ...
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... wall , moisture will rise up through the bricks by capillary attraction , and make the walls of the house damp , rendering the house itself unwholesome . The inner side of the walls in the basement floor may be advantageously made of ...
... wall , moisture will rise up through the bricks by capillary attraction , and make the walls of the house damp , rendering the house itself unwholesome . The inner side of the walls in the basement floor may be advantageously made of ...
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... walls . The money should be spent on good con- struction , and not on covering up bad materials . There should be a dry area all round the walls of the house outside , starting from the concrete foundations . Its width is a matter of ...
... walls . The money should be spent on good con- struction , and not on covering up bad materials . There should be a dry area all round the walls of the house outside , starting from the concrete foundations . Its width is a matter of ...
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... walls in their aqueduct bridges and other con- structions . The cement used was of extraordinary hard- ness , and has , I believe , never been surpassed , even if equalled , in later times . It might be called the " cement of the Romans ...
... walls in their aqueduct bridges and other con- structions . The cement used was of extraordinary hard- ness , and has , I believe , never been surpassed , even if equalled , in later times . It might be called the " cement of the Romans ...
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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,...