The Municipal and Sanitary Engineer's HandbookE. & F. N. Spon, 1883 - 394 pages |
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... constructed houses , and an unpolluted soil are the cardinal conditions of health . These are mere sanitary axioms . The means by which such conditions are * Vide ' Minutes of Proceedings of the Association of Municipal and Sanitary ...
... constructed houses , and an unpolluted soil are the cardinal conditions of health . These are mere sanitary axioms . The means by which such conditions are * Vide ' Minutes of Proceedings of the Association of Municipal and Sanitary ...
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... constructed as to be quickly laid down and repaired when broken up for water , gas , drains , or other purposes . ( 6. ) It must be of strong foundation , so as to carry the heaviest weight without subsidence . ( 7. ) It must be of such ...
... constructed as to be quickly laid down and repaired when broken up for water , gas , drains , or other purposes . ( 6. ) It must be of strong foundation , so as to carry the heaviest weight without subsidence . ( 7. ) It must be of such ...
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... constructed by surveyors in broad streets or awkward centres of traffic , and it is well to place a lamp - post on these sanctuaries , on which may be advantageously fixed a notice , " Keep to the Left , " so as to regulate vehicular ...
... constructed by surveyors in broad streets or awkward centres of traffic , and it is well to place a lamp - post on these sanctuaries , on which may be advantageously fixed a notice , " Keep to the Left , " so as to regulate vehicular ...
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... construct long lines of connecting roadways , as that is a duty which seldom falls to a town surveyor to perform , and ... constructed and maintained , but there are many objections to them which will be considered in their place in this ...
... construct long lines of connecting roadways , as that is a duty which seldom falls to a town surveyor to perform , and ... constructed and maintained , but there are many objections to them which will be considered in their place in this ...
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... constructed after a method introduced by Thomas Telford as an improvement upon Macadam's prin- ciples , and a perusal of the two following specifications will , I think , show that there is not very much difference between the method ...
... constructed after a method introduced by Thomas Telford as an improvement upon Macadam's prin- ciples , and a perusal of the two following specifications will , I think , show that there is not very much difference between the method ...
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Page 313 - Notices, orders and other such documents under this Act may be in writing or print, or partly in writing and partly in print ; and if the same...
Page 221 - Every local authority may, and when required by order of the local government board shall, themselves undertake or contract for — The removal of house refuse from premises ; The cleansing of earthclosets, privies, ashpits, and cesspools; either for the whole or any part of their district...
Page 252 - ... 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