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... called didoron , tetradoron , and pentadoron ; these differed only in size , and were more like tiles than our bricks . The two latter kinds were square on plan , and Vitruvius says that those called tetradoron were used for private ...
... called didoron , tetradoron , and pentadoron ; these differed only in size , and were more like tiles than our bricks . The two latter kinds were square on plan , and Vitruvius says that those called tetradoron were used for private ...
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... called place bricks , and should never be used for outside work , or in situations where they are subject to great pressure , which they are not calcu- lated to resist the fused bricks are called burrs or clinkers , and are extremely ...
... called place bricks , and should never be used for outside work , or in situations where they are subject to great pressure , which they are not calcu- lated to resist the fused bricks are called burrs or clinkers , and are extremely ...
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... called the ' soil ' - pipe . When this is the case the waste - pipe of the drink- ing water cistern becomes the ventilator of the pipe into which the water - closets discharge ; and so in nine cases out of ten the ventilator of the ...
... called the ' soil ' - pipe . When this is the case the waste - pipe of the drink- ing water cistern becomes the ventilator of the pipe into which the water - closets discharge ; and so in nine cases out of ten the ventilator of the ...
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... called the ' pan , ' from which the closet gets its name . In order that this ' pan , ' which holds water , may be moved , there is a contrivance underneath called a container , which is generally made of iron , and allows room for the ...
... called the ' pan , ' from which the closet gets its name . In order that this ' pan , ' which holds water , may be moved , there is a contrivance underneath called a container , which is generally made of iron , and allows room for the ...
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... called a definite disease . I think that those who are fighting for public health may claim of the Legislature that any pollution of the air such as may make a common nuisance , either in stink or in dust , or which causes coughing ...
... called a definite disease . I think that those who are fighting for public health may claim of the Legislature that any pollution of the air such as may make a common nuisance , either in stink or in dust , or which causes coughing ...
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Page 106 - means any drain of and used for the drainage of one building only, or premises within the same curtilage, and made merely for the purpose of communicating therefrom with a cesspool or other like receptacle for drainage, or with a sewer into which the drainage of two or more buildings or premises occupied by different persons is conveyed : "Sewer" includes sewers and drains of every description, except drains to which the word
Page 12 - Any house or part of a house so overcrowded as to be dangerous or injurious to the health of the inmates, whether or not members of the same family:
Page 268 - For the purposes of this act, 1. any premises in such a state as to be a nuisance or injurious to health; 2.
Page 14 - means the person for the time being receiving the rack rent of the lands or premises in connection with which the word is used, whether on his own account or as agent or trustee for any other person, or who would so re• ceive the same if such lands or premises were let at a rack rent (as in the case of unoccupied property).
Page 338 - For fixing and from time to time varying the number of persons who may occupy a house or part of a house which is let in lodgings or occupied by members of more than one family...
Page 13 - Any factory, workshop, or workplace (not already under the operation of any general Act for the regulation of factories or bakehouses), not kept in a cleanly state, or not ventilated in such a manner as to render harmless as far as practicable any gases vapours dust or other impurities generated in the course of the work...
Page 297 - A complete specification, whether left on application or subsequently, must particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the invention, and in what manner it is to be performed, and must be accompanied by drawings, if required.
Page 369 - This series is intended to meet the demand for accessible information on the ordinary conditions and the current terms of our political life. The...
Page 13 - Any fireplace or furnace which does not as far as practicable consume the smoke arising from the combustible used therein, and which is used for working engines by steam, or in any mill factory dyehouse brewery bakehouse or gaswork, or in any manufacturing or trade process whatsoever ; and Any chimney (not being the chimney of a private dwellinghouse) sending forth black smoke in such quantity as to be a nuisance...
Page 303 - habitual drunkard ' is defined to be ' a person who, not being amenable to any jurisdiction in lunacy, is, notwithstanding, by reason of habitual intemperate drinking of intoxicating liquor, at times dangerous to himself or herself or to others, or incapable of managing himself or herself, and his or her affairs.