STANDARD PRACTICAL PLUMBING.

PRACTICAL PLUMBING

BEING

A COMPLETE ENCYCLOPÆDIA FOR PRACTICAL PLUMBERS AND GUIDE FOR ARCHITECTS, BUILDERS
GAS FITTERS, HOT WATER FITTERS, IRONMONGERS, LEAD BURNERS,

SANITARY ENGINEERS, ZINC WORKERS,

RECOMMENDED BY THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF PLUMBERS AS A TEXT BOOK FOR
REGISTERED PLUMBERS, EXAMINATIONS, &c.

IN TWO VOLUMES

Illustrated with over 2,000 Eugravings.

BY

P. J. DAVIES,

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Sole Promoter of the Registration Scheme for Plumbers, and also of the Plumbers' Congress, held in London, 1884; Member
of the Amalgamated Society of Plumbers, London; Member of the Phonetic Shorthand Society, Bath; Member of the
Society of Arts; Gold Medallist for Plumbing in the International Exhibition, 1862; Prize Medallist for Lead Burning
at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, 1871; Inventor and Patentee of the Celebrated London Closet Valve, the Celebrated
Submerged Waste-not Suction Closet Valve, the Frugal Suction Valve, &c., &c.; also Author of the long series of Articles,
"Practical Notes on Plumbing " and "Lead Light Glazing," "Hydraulic Ram Work," Pump Work," "Hot
Water Work,"
"" Town and other Water Supply,' 99
"Roof Work," &c., which appeared in the " Building News," "English
Mechanic," and "Scientific American;" also Author of Articles on "Plumbers' Work and Lead Working," in the
"House Decorator and School of Design;' also Author of the Articles on "Practical Plumbing," "House Drainage,"
"Plumbers' Work," "Lead Burning," "Geometry for Plumbers," &c., &c., which have from time to time appeared in the
"Plumber and Decorator."

VOL. I.

THIRD EDITION-REVISED.

(Fifth Thousand.)

LONDON:

E. & F. N. SPON, 125, STRAND.

NEW YORK: 12, CORTLANDT STREET.

1892 J.

All Rights Reserved.

ADVICE TO PLUMBERS (see Page 53).

Experience teaches me that the more a man knows the more he can learn, and the more willing he is to impart that knowledge the more he improves himself thereby becoming of greater value to himself, to society, and to the world at large.-P. J. DAVIES.

TRADE MARK

Dedicated

TO THE

PLUMBING CRAFT.

JAS a practical working plumber, and well-known member of the Plumbing Craft, respectfully dedicate this work to Practical Plumbers, and hope it may assist in facilitating the teaching of TECHNICAL PLUMBING, and in every way promote the spread of our ancient trade in this our nineteenth century.

Your very obedient servant,

PHILIP JOHN DAVIES,

Certificated and Registered Teacher of Plumbing,
Gresham College, London, 1882.

78, Earl's Court Road,

Kensington, London,

3rd day of March, 1885.