Dwelling Houses: Their Sanitary Construction and Arrangements ...D. Van Nostrand, 1880 - 156 Seiten |
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Seite 78
... valve . " To it is attached , by means of a metal bar , a hollow copper sphere or ball , which floats on the water as it rises in the cistern , and when it has risen to a certain height turns off the tap . It is because these taps are ...
... valve . " To it is attached , by means of a metal bar , a hollow copper sphere or ball , which floats on the water as it rises in the cistern , and when it has risen to a certain height turns off the tap . It is because these taps are ...
Seite 130
... valve is also raised by the lever , so that no water can come into the waste - preventer while the chain is being pulled . It will be seen that this and similar contrivances not only prevent direct connection between the water - closet ...
... valve is also raised by the lever , so that no water can come into the waste - preventer while the chain is being pulled . It will be seen that this and similar contrivances not only prevent direct connection between the water - closet ...
Seite 137
... valve closets , the numerous varieties of which are modifi- cations of the original Bramah's valve closet . In this the aperture at the low- est part of the basin is closed by a water- tight valve , which can be moved in a small valve ...
... valve closets , the numerous varieties of which are modifi- cations of the original Bramah's valve closet . In this the aperture at the low- est part of the basin is closed by a water- tight valve , which can be moved in a small valve ...
Seite 138
... valve box itself being connected below with the trap . Thus , the necessity for the large iron con- tainer , so objectionable a part of the pan - closet , is done away with , and its place taken by a small box , in which the valve moves ...
... valve box itself being connected below with the trap . Thus , the necessity for the large iron con- tainer , so objectionable a part of the pan - closet , is done away with , and its place taken by a small box , in which the valve moves ...
Seite 139
... valve box , that is to say , the space below the valves , and the surface of the water in the trap below into the ... valve is made to move suddenly in the valve box , air from the latter is forced out through the water in the siphon ...
... valve box , that is to say , the space below the valves , and the surface of the water in the trap below into the ... valve is made to move suddenly in the valve box , air from the latter is forced out through the water in the siphon ...
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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...