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Samuel Stevens Hellyer. CHAPTER XXVIII . HISTORY OF WATER - CLOSETS . Primitive closets : Italy , France , Scotland ... closet in 1775- Alexander Cumming's closet , 1775 - Samuel Prosser's closet , 1777 - Joseph Bramah's closet , 1778 ...
Samuel Stevens Hellyer. CHAPTER XXVIII . HISTORY OF WATER - CLOSETS . Primitive closets : Italy , France , Scotland ... closet in 1775- Alexander Cumming's closet , 1775 - Samuel Prosser's closet , 1777 - Joseph Bramah's closet , 1778 ...
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Samuel Stevens Hellyer. CHAPTER XXXII . WATER - CLOSETS ( continued ) . Open closets - Inclosed closets - Water ... closet and slop - closet combined - Slop - sink waste pipes kept separate from soil pipes - Disconnected from soil drains ...
Samuel Stevens Hellyer. CHAPTER XXXII . WATER - CLOSETS ( continued ) . Open closets - Inclosed closets - Water ... closet and slop - closet combined - Slop - sink waste pipes kept separate from soil pipes - Disconnected from soil drains ...
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... water - closets was the syphon trap , i.e. , a pipe bent and recurved in the shape of the letter 2 ; but as the water in such a trap was easily syphoned or momentumed out , and the means of preventing such a loss of zeal little under ...
... water - closets was the syphon trap , i.e. , a pipe bent and recurved in the shape of the letter 2 ; but as the water in such a trap was easily syphoned or momentumed out , and the means of preventing such a loss of zeal little under ...
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... water - closet upon it . B SCALE IN IFT = The misfortune is that when the large exposed sur- face became coated over with fæcal matter , from splashings and accumulations , it could not be thoroughly cleansed again , even by several ...
... water - closet upon it . B SCALE IN IFT = The misfortune is that when the large exposed sur- face became coated over with fæcal matter , from splashings and accumulations , it could not be thoroughly cleansed again , even by several ...
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... closet - handle , only one flush of water may be given , and the larger portion of the infectious discharge be left in the trap to generate noxious gases to be sent up through the closet into the house by the next usage of the apparatus ...
... closet - handle , only one flush of water may be given , and the larger portion of the infectious discharge be left in the trap to generate noxious gases to be sent up through the closet into the house by the next usage of the apparatus ...
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