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
Content
- PDF Title page
- PDF 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS.
- PDF 7 GENERAL BOARD OF HEALTH.
- PDF 9 Superior Economy of the Removal of Refuse by Water.
- PDF 13 The Removal of all Cesspools from amidst Habitations the first Duty of Local Boards.
- PDF 16 Materials and Construction of old House Drains.
- PDF 25 Of the Sizes of Mains and Sewers.
- PDF 40 Gain of Fall on the same Levels by small Tubular Drains.
- PDF 41 Gain in Fall and diminished Friction of House Drains by Improvement in their Direction.
- PDF 50 Increased Power of the Sweep of Water gained by Alterations in the Forms of Sewers.
- PDF 53 Trial of Tubular Sewers. [...]
- PDF 58 Expedients in default, or in substitution of improved Works for the Removal of Cesspools.
- PDF 60 Adjustments of the Sizes of Tubular House Drains and Main Drains required for the Discharge of Storm Waters.
- PDF 82 The impermeable and the permeable Lines of Drainage not always coincident.
- PDF 83 The Junctions of Drains and Sewers.
- PDF 88 Accuracy in the Form of Pipes.
- PDF 89 Joints for Tubular Drain Pipes.
- PDF 94 The Materials for the Construction of Sewers.
- PDF 100 The Principles of the Construction of the Water-closet.
- PDF 109 Means of removing waste Water from Kitchens, Outhouses, and Yards.
- PDF 113 Provisions for the Supply of pure Water [...]
- PDF 118 Provision for the frequent Removal of Solid Refuse from Dwellings.
- PDF 123 The Surface cleansing of Streets and Edifices.
- PDF 125 General View of combined Works of House and Town Drainage ; Principle of Back Drainage.
- PDF 141 Conclusions.
- PDF 145 APPENDIX.
- 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.
- PDF Endsheet
- PDF Back cover