Dwelling Houses: Their Sanitary Construction and Arrangements ...D. Van Nostrand, 1880 - 156 Seiten |
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... been accustomed to sit in a room when a draught comes under the door . On the other hand , if an aperture is made into the outer air through a wall at a few feet from the floor , the air enters in a cold straight current 34.
... been accustomed to sit in a room when a draught comes under the door . On the other hand , if an aperture is made into the outer air through a wall at a few feet from the floor , the air enters in a cold straight current 34.
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... feet . The cold air is thus made to ascend like a fountain into the room . It does so in a compact column , which only perceptibly spreads after it has got some height above the mouth of the tube . It then mixes with warm air at the top ...
... feet . The cold air is thus made to ascend like a fountain into the room . It does so in a compact column , which only perceptibly spreads after it has got some height above the mouth of the tube . It then mixes with warm air at the top ...
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... feet long , it is a good plan , and sometimes . necessary , to carry small ventilating pipes from below the traps of the closet , and connect them to a pipe outside the house , which should be continued up above the roof . This will ...
... feet long , it is a good plan , and sometimes . necessary , to carry small ventilating pipes from below the traps of the closet , and connect them to a pipe outside the house , which should be continued up above the roof . This will ...
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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...