Dwelling Houses: Their Sanitary Construction and Arrangements ...D. Van Nostrand, 1880 - 156 Seiten |
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Seite 98
... collected , have been made smaller and smaller , and impervious to water , until , at last , in some towns , they are above the ground , and consist only of the space beneath the seat of the closet made into an im- pervious receptacle ...
... collected , have been made smaller and smaller , and impervious to water , until , at last , in some towns , they are above the ground , and consist only of the space beneath the seat of the closet made into an im- pervious receptacle ...
Seite 103
... collected and dried on the spot , and the compost after- wards used upon the garden , the plan has been found very useful if only suffi- cient care be exercised , and no nuisance need be produced . To sum up with regard to the con ...
... collected and dried on the spot , and the compost after- wards used upon the garden , the plan has been found very useful if only suffi- cient care be exercised , and no nuisance need be produced . To sum up with regard to the con ...
Seite 104
... . If the manure so collected were valuable , it might , of course , be made to pay the cost of collecting , but this is not the case as a rule , the only instance in which any of these systems have been made to pay being 104.
... . If the manure so collected were valuable , it might , of course , be made to pay the cost of collecting , but this is not the case as a rule , the only instance in which any of these systems have been made to pay being 104.
Seite 147
... collected under pressure in an iron cylinder , the air in which is compressed by the pressure of the water from the main . When the handle of the closet is pulled up , it moves a valve , which closes the pipe from the main , and opens ...
... collected under pressure in an iron cylinder , the air in which is compressed by the pressure of the water from the main . When the handle of the closet is pulled up , it moves a valve , which closes the pipe from the main , and opens ...
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allowed aperture ball valve basement basin Bostel bricks carbonic acid carried ceiling cesspools cistern cloth compartment containing contrivance course covered cowl cylinder D-trap discharge disconnected drains draught drinking water dust edition Engineer escape especially excretal matters exit shaft filtering material fixed floor flue foul air foul water frequently galvanized iron ground hard waters holes hopper closet house sewer Illustrated impervious impure inches inside instances iron grating joints kind louvres lower sash means ments Messrs metal milk of lime necessary NOSTRAND'S PUBLICATIONS nuisance organic matter outer air overflow pipe pass pervious placed plate purposes quantity of water rain-water receptacles refuse matters sanitary side sinks siphon trap soft water soil pipe sometimes stoneware stoves stratum supply of water surface tank thrown tion TREATISE tube typhoid fever valve box valve closet ventilating pipe vertical wall warm waste pipes water closets water pipes water-waste preventer window
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Seite 79 - It ought to be an absolute condition for a public water supply that it should be uncontaminated by drainage.
Seite 53 - ... 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 or candles...