A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 274
the trap andwaste pipe, and Hushing cisterns are fitted upover water closets, urinals, and slop hoppers.(See Plumbing.) Refrigerator wastes and cis-tern overflow pipes, safe drip pipes, and steamdrips are disconnected from the drainage system,and diseliarge with open mouth over a… … House Drainage : Fio. 3. ship. The waste pipe system in new buildingsis tested under hydrostatic pressure by closingall outlets before fixtures are set, and fillingpipes with water. Tlie completed work is againtested by an oil of peppermint test or a smoketest. Such tests are also useful in the…
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