Dwelling Houses: Their Sanitary Construction and Arrangements ...D. Van Nostrand, 1880 - 156 Seiten |
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Seite 140
... valve box into the trap it carries the air along with it , and when the valve is closed runs out of the valve box , drawing air through the overflow pipe , and displac- ing the water in the siphon , which is in many cases left quite ...
... valve box into the trap it carries the air along with it , and when the valve is closed runs out of the valve box , drawing air through the overflow pipe , and displac- ing the water in the siphon , which is in many cases left quite ...
Seite 141
... valve box , and should be carried through the wall to the outer air . By this means no accumulation of foul air in the valve box can take place , and any air that is drawn into it , while the water is passing through it , comes in ...
... valve box , and should be carried through the wall to the outer air . By this means no accumulation of foul air in the valve box can take place , and any air that is drawn into it , while the water is passing through it , comes in ...
Seite 145
... valve falls , and stops the flow of water . These valves may be used as cisterns , and connected with the pull - up apparatus by wires , or they may be placed in the small waste preventing cistern already described , with the view of ...
... valve falls , and stops the flow of water . These valves may be used as cisterns , and connected with the pull - up apparatus by wires , or they may be placed in the small waste preventing cistern already described , with the view of ...
Seite 146
... valve of the closet and turning off the water at the same time . Thus , this water - waste preventer does not come ... valve . The valve itself is , of course , worked by a lever , and the rate at which the valve is closed depends upon ...
... valve of the closet and turning off the water at the same time . Thus , this water - waste preventer does not come ... valve . The valve itself is , of course , worked by a lever , and the rate at which the valve is closed depends upon ...
Seite 147
... valves are Tylor's and Jennings ' , in which , by means of simple arrangements , the rate at which the lever falls and closes the valve can be controlled . When water is delivered on the constant service at high pressure , Common's ...
... valves are Tylor's and Jennings ' , in which , by means of simple arrangements , the rate at which the lever falls and closes the valve can be controlled . When water is delivered on the constant service at high pressure , Common's ...
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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...