Bad Drains; and How to Test Them: With notes on the ventilation of sewers, drains, and sanitary fittings, and the origin and transmission of zymotic diseaseReeves, R. Harris
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Bad Drains; and How to Test Them: With notes on the ventilation of sewers, drains, and sanitary fittings, and the origin and transmission of zymotic disease
Reeves, R. Harris
Sewerage
_The Municipal and Sanitary Engineer’s Handbook._ By H. PERCY
BOULNOIS, Mem. Inst. C.E., Borough Engineer, Portsmouth. _With
numerous illustrations_, demy 8vo, cloth, 12_s._ 6_d._
CONTENTS:
The Appointment and Duties of the Town Surveyor—Traffic—Macadamised
Roadways—Steam Rolling—Road Metal and Breaking—Pitched
Pavements—Asphalte—Wood Pavements—Footpaths—Kerbs and Gutters—Street
Naming and Numbering—Street Lighting—Sewerage—Ventilation of
Sewers—Disposal of Sewage—House Drainage—Disinfection—Gas and Water
Companies, &c., Breaking up Streets—Improvement of Private
Streets—Borrowing Powers—Artizans’ and Labourers’ Dwellings—Public
Conveniences—Scavenging, including Street Cleansing—Watering and the
Removing of Snow—Planting Street Trees—Deposit of Plans—Dangerous
Buildings—Hoardings—Obstructions—Improving Street Lines—Cellar
Openings—Public Pleasure Grounds—Cemeteries—Mortuaries—Cattle and
Ordinary Markets—Public Slaughter-houses, etc.—Giving numerous Forms
of Notices, Specifications, and General Information upon these and
other subjects of great importance to Municipal Engineers and others
engaged in Sanitary Work.
_Tables of the Principal Speeds occurring in Mechanical Engineering_,
expressed in metres in a second. By P. KEERAYEFF, Chief Mechanic of
the Obouchoff Steel Works, St. Petersburg; translated by SERGIUS
KERN, M.E. Fcap. 8vo, sewed, 6_d._
_A Treatise on the Origin, Progress, Prevention, and Cure of Dry Rot
in Timber_; with Remarks on the Means of Preserving Wood from
Destruction by Sea-Worms, Beetles, Ants, etc. By THOMAS ALLEN
BRITTON, late Surveyor to the Metropolitan Board of Works, etc.,
etc. _With 10 plates_, crown 8vo, cloth, 7_s._ 6_d._
_Metrical Tables._ By G. L. MOLESWORTH, M.I.C.E. 32mo, cloth, 1_s._
6_d._
CONTENTS:
General—Linear Measures—Square Measures—Cubic Measures—Measures of
Capacity—Weights—Combinations—Thermometers.
_Elements of Construction for Electro-Magnets._ By Count TH. DU
MONCEL, Mem. de l’Institut de France. Translated from the French by
C. J. WHARTON. Crown 8vo, cloth, 4_s._ 6_d._
_Electro-Telegraphy._ By FREDERICK S. BEECHEY, Telegraph Engineer. A
Book for Beginners. _Illustrated._ Fcap. 8vo, sewed, 6_d._
_Handrailing: by the Square Cut._ By JOHN JONES, Staircase Builder.
Fourth edition, _with seven plates_, 8vo, cloth, 3_s._ 6_d._
_Handrailing: by the Square Cut._ By JOHN JONES, Staircase Builder.
Part Second, _with eight plates_, 8vo, cloth, 3_s._ 6_d._
_Practical Electrical Units Popularly Explained_, with _numerous
illustrations_ and Remarks. By JAMES SWINBURNE, late of J. W. Swan
and Co., Paris, late of Brush-Swan Electric Light Company, U.S.A.
18mo, cloth, 1_s._ 6_d._
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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