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... feet there is a similar provision for inspection but upon a smaller cast - iron drain - pipe , about 70 feet in length , passes scale ; beyond this point a further stretch of 5 - inch on to the back of the premises and is provided with ...
... feet there is a similar provision for inspection but upon a smaller cast - iron drain - pipe , about 70 feet in length , passes scale ; beyond this point a further stretch of 5 - inch on to the back of the premises and is provided with ...
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... feet and the fall 3 feet , the velocity should have been at the rate of 6'22 feet per second . The difference between this and 5 feet is what is due to the pipe not running full , and further allowance must be made for the character of ...
... feet and the fall 3 feet , the velocity should have been at the rate of 6'22 feet per second . The difference between this and 5 feet is what is due to the pipe not running full , and further allowance must be made for the character of ...
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... feet , and the vertical diameter at 5 feet 2 inches , a size sufficient to supply one million inhabitants at the rate of fifty gallons a day for each person , the average quantity used at that time . A new tunnel was built in 1874 , 7 feet ...
... feet , and the vertical diameter at 5 feet 2 inches , a size sufficient to supply one million inhabitants at the rate of fifty gallons a day for each person , the average quantity used at that time . A new tunnel was built in 1874 , 7 feet ...
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... feet below the surface of the water in the lake . The water is purified by its filtration through the sand ; and the plan is a novel one in this country . It is to be commended for its simplicity and its inexpensiveness , as well as for ...
... feet below the surface of the water in the lake . The water is purified by its filtration through the sand ; and the plan is a novel one in this country . It is to be commended for its simplicity and its inexpensiveness , as well as for ...
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... feet below the surface of the river , and as the ship rose and fell with the tide that depth was always maintained . With the exception of the years 1857 and 1870 they were continued up to the end of 1879 ; but after Jan. 1 , 1871 , the ...
... feet below the surface of the river , and as the ship rose and fell with the tide that depth was always maintained . With the exception of the years 1857 and 1870 they were continued up to the end of 1879 ; but after Jan. 1 , 1871 , the ...
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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.