A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 275
ap andwaste pipe, and flushing cisterns are fitted upover water closets, urinals, and slop hoppers.(See Plumbing.) Refrigerator wastes and cis-tern overrtiiw pipes, safe drip pipes, and steamdrips are discounected from the drainage system,ami discharge with ojien mouth over a trappedwater-supplied… … House Drai ship. The waste pipe system in new buildingsis testetl under hydrostatic pressure by clo.singall outlets before fixtures are set, and fillingpipes with water. Tiie completed work is againtestetl by an oil of pcp})ermint teat or a smoketest. Such tests are also useful in the exami-nation…
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