A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1842)
Ewbank, Thomas · Tilt & Bogue · leaf 582
u Menuisier , folio edit . 1770 , PI . 69 ; Gell ’ s Pompeiana ; A Dissertation on Places of Retirement , Lond . 1751 ; Fryer ’ s Travels in India and Persia , Lond . 1698 . ) Devices for preventing the ascent of offensive vapors from sinks , sewers ) drains , & c . are named traps . As these are… … No . 278 . No . 279 . No . 280 . No . 281 . A A represent a floor or covering of a sink or sewer , and the object is to discharge refuse water or slops of any kind into the latter without allowing currents of air to rise through the passage . No . 278 is a leaden pipe bent at one part into the form…
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