A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 272
ew York, for instance,sizes of house sewers arc detcrniined upon thebasis of a rainfall at the rate of 6 inciics perhour, and of a house sewer running nearly full,with a velocity of at least 4 feet jicr second. Talile I. gives the areas of lots drained bydifferent sizes of pipes : — Tabi ; No.]… … HOUSE DRAINAGE It is not always nectssiiry tc) provide forextreme amounts of rainfall. Generally smallhouses are readily tlrained by 4-inch sewers, 5-inch sewers answer for a large city iiouse, and6-inch sewers are required only for large build-ings. For buildings covering a wide area it isbetter…
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