Minutes of information collected with reference to works for the removal of soil water or drainage of dwelling houses and public edifices and for the sewerage [...] / General Board of Health. London : Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1852
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PDF Title page
PDF 3TABLE OF CONTENTS.
PDF 7GENERAL BOARD OF HEALTH.
PDF 9Superior Economy of the Removal of Refuse by Water.
PDF 13The Removal of all Cesspools from amidst Habitations the first Duty of Local Boards.
PDF 16Materials and Construction of old House Drains.
PDF 25Of the Sizes of Mains and Sewers.
PDF 40Gain of Fall on the same Levels by small Tubular Drains.
PDF 41Gain in Fall and diminished Friction of House Drains by Improvement in their Direction.
PDF 50Increased Power of the Sweep of Water gained by Alterations in the Forms of Sewers.
PDF 53Trial of Tubular Sewers. [...]
PDF 58Expedients in default, or in substitution of improved Works for the Removal of Cesspools.
PDF 60Adjustments of the Sizes of Tubular House Drains and Main Drains required for the Discharge of Storm Waters.
PDF 82The impermeable and the permeable Lines of Drainage not always coincident.
PDF 83The Junctions of Drains and Sewers.
PDF 88Accuracy in the Form of Pipes.
PDF 89Joints for Tubular Drain Pipes.
PDF 94The Materials for the Construction of Sewers.
PDF 100The Principles of the Construction of the Water-closet.
PDF 109Means of removing waste Water from Kitchens, Outhouses, and Yards.
PDF 113Provisions for the Supply of pure Water [...]
PDF 118Provision for the frequent Removal of Solid Refuse from Dwellings.
PDF 123The Surface cleansing of Streets and Edifices.
PDF 125General View of combined Works of House and Town Drainage ; Principle of Back Drainage.
PDF 141Conclusions.
PDF 145APPENDIX.
PDF 145(No. 1.) ELEMENTARY MAXIMS TO BE KEPT IN VIEW IN THE DRAINAGE AND CLEANSING OF TOWNS.
PDF 146(No. 2.) SPECIAL MAXIMS AS TO THE APPLICATION OF WATER.
PDF 147(No. 3.) SPECIAL MAXIMS IN THE CASE OF OFFENSIVE SMELLS FROM HOUSES.
PDF 148(No. 4.) BYELAWS FOR THE DIRECTION OF OFFICERS OF LOCAL BOARDS IN THE EXECUTION OF NEW WORKS.
PDF 148(No. 5.) BYELAWS AND REGULATIONS RECOMMENDED TO BE OBSERVED [...]
PDF 155(No. 6.) TABULAR VIEW of the QUANTITIES of MATERIALS and AVERAGE COST [...]
PDF 157(No. 7.) TABLE showing the QUANTITIES and the AVERAGE COST of OLD WORKS in BRICK HOUSE DRAINS of DEPOSIT, &c.
PDF 160(No. 8.) TABLES showing the actual COST of PRIVATE WORKS for the WATER SUPPLY and DRAINAGE of COTTAGES [...]
PDF 167(No. 9.) SPECIFICATION for DRAINAGE PIPES.
PDF 171(No. 10.) SPECIFICATION for EARTHWORK and for laying DRAINAGE PIPES.
PDF 179(No. 11.) EARTHENWARE PIPE DRAINAGE. [...]
PDF 181(No. 12.) RESULTS OF INQUIRIES AS TO THE EXPENSES OF THE MANUFACTURE OF DRAIN PIPES ON A LARGE SCALE, [...]
PDF 195(No. 13.) RESULTS of EXPERIMENTS made by Messrs. Burton [...]
PDF 198(No. 14.) TRIAL WORKS in respect to STREET CLEANSING by the use of the FLEXIBLE HOSE and the WATER JET.
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