The Sanitarian, Volume 18A. S. Barnes and Company, 1887 - Hygiene |
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Page 37
... traps used were all made by hand , being beaten out of sheet lead in two pieces and soldered together on the sides . The manufacture of these traps constituted a large part of the plumber's shop work in the winter months . Age and ...
... traps used were all made by hand , being beaten out of sheet lead in two pieces and soldered together on the sides . The manufacture of these traps constituted a large part of the plumber's shop work in the winter months . Age and ...
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... traps on the second floors were considered sufficient seal for all the waste pipes leading to the various basins ; this was a serious mistake , be- cause under this arrangement there were frequently from thirty to sixty feet of ...
... traps on the second floors were considered sufficient seal for all the waste pipes leading to the various basins ; this was a serious mistake , be- cause under this arrangement there were frequently from thirty to sixty feet of ...
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... trapped at the basin end as well as in the water - closet trap . Ventilating pipes were carried into chimneys , yard vaults were abandoned and water - closets substituted in cellars , all of which tended to make bad worse ; but as soon ...
... trapped at the basin end as well as in the water - closet trap . Ventilating pipes were carried into chimneys , yard vaults were abandoned and water - closets substituted in cellars , all of which tended to make bad worse ; but as soon ...
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The question of trapping I will illustrate by an experiment showing you the merits of the two forms of traps commonly used the syphon action is so apparent and well known that it is not necessary to dilate upon it . In regard to the ...
The question of trapping I will illustrate by an experiment showing you the merits of the two forms of traps commonly used the syphon action is so apparent and well known that it is not necessary to dilate upon it . In regard to the ...
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... TRAP SYPHONAGE . * By GLENN BROWN . THE experiments on trap syphonage made by S. S. Hell- yer , of London , and similar experiments conducted by Phil- brick and Bowditch , of Boston , clearly proved the utility of trap ventilation . The ...
... TRAP SYPHONAGE . * By GLENN BROWN . THE experiments on trap syphonage made by S. S. Hell- yer , of London , and similar experiments conducted by Phil- brick and Bowditch , of Boston , clearly proved the utility of trap ventilation . The ...
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Page 519 - It has been said that he who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before is a benefactor to his species.
Page 51 - food," as used herein, shall include all articles used for food or drink by man, whether simple, mixed, or compound. SEC. 3. Any article shall be deemed to be adulterated within the meaning of this Act...
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Page 52 - ... differs from the standard of strength, quality, or purity laid down therein. 2. If, when sold under or by a name not recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia, but which is found in some other pharmacopoeia or other standard work on Materia Medica, it differs materially from the standard or strength, quality or purity laid down in such work. 3. If its strength or purity fall below the professed standard under which it is sold.
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Page 296 - Gives, lends, sells, transmits, or exposes, without previous disinfection, any bedding, clothing, rags, or other things which have been exposed to infection from any such disorder, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds...
Page 51 - In order to carry into effect the provisions of this act, the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to appoint from names submitted to him for that purpose by the National Board of Health one or more suitably qualified persons as special inspectors and as public analysts for adulterated food and drugs at such ports of entry as the Secretary of the Treasury may deem expedient, and it...
Page 296 - Northcote asked the President of the Local Government Board whether his attention had been called to...
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