Practical Sanitation: a Handbook for Sanitary Inspectors and Others Interested in SanitationC. Griffin & Company, 1908 - 352 pages |
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... discharge of his duties will invariably precede detailed description ; for it is a common experience that ignorance of the principles with which all details must comply not infrequently results in a useless expenditure of money , and ...
... discharge of his duties will invariably precede detailed description ; for it is a common experience that ignorance of the principles with which all details must comply not infrequently results in a useless expenditure of money , and ...
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... discharged ; from the other , which is sunk below the water line of the porous stratum , the water for drinking and other domestic purposes is pumped . These two holes are not unfrequently within 12 feet of each other , and sometimes ...
... discharged ; from the other , which is sunk below the water line of the porous stratum , the water for drinking and other domestic purposes is pumped . These two holes are not unfrequently within 12 feet of each other , and sometimes ...
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... discharge on to an open gully . It used to be a common practice to connect it direct with the soil pipe or drain , in which case it simply acts as a ventilator , and foul gases are conducted direct to the drinking water . In some ...
... discharge on to an open gully . It used to be a common practice to connect it direct with the soil pipe or drain , in which case it simply acts as a ventilator , and foul gases are conducted direct to the drinking water . In some ...
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... discharged a perfectly sterile filtrate . In summing up on the whole series of his experiments , Dr. Johnston writes : - " The results of the experiments have conclusively proved that the Pasteur - Chamberland filter is un- doubtedly ...
... discharged a perfectly sterile filtrate . In summing up on the whole series of his experiments , Dr. Johnston writes : - " The results of the experiments have conclusively proved that the Pasteur - Chamberland filter is un- doubtedly ...
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... discharged into the atmosphere as the result of the combustion of coal , respiration , & c . , the quantity present in the air varies very little , owing to the diluting action of the winds , and the power possessed by plants of ...
... discharged into the atmosphere as the result of the combustion of coal , respiration , & c . , the quantity present in the air varies very little , owing to the diluting action of the winds , and the power possessed by plants of ...
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Page 292 - 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: 6.
Page 42 - CONTENTS.— Resolution and Composition of Forces— Work done by Machines and Living Agents — The Mechanical Powers: The Lever; Derricks as Bent Levers— The Wheel and Axle : Windlass ; Ship's Capstan ; Crab Winch— Tackles : the "Old Man...
Page 59 - JAMES PARK, FGS, M.Inst.MM, Professor of Mining and Director of the Otago University School of Mines ; late Director Thames School of Mines, and Geological Surveyor and Mining Geologist to the Government or New Zealand GENERAL CONTENTS.
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