Beeton's housewife's treasury of domestic information : comprising complete and practical instructions on the house and its furniture, artistic decoration economy, toilet, children, etiquette, domestic and fancy needlework, dressmaking and millinery, and all other household matters : with every requisite direction to secure the comfort, elegance, and prosperity of the home : a companion volume to "Mrs. Beeton's book of household management" : profusely illustrated (1879)
Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary), 1836-1865 · London ; New York : Ward, Lock & Co., Warwick House, Salisbury Square, E.C. · leaf 141
ould soon be filled with sediment. It is useful to note andremember that— A piece of litmus paper placed over an ordinary trap will change colour underthe action of sewer-gas, and thereby indicate its presence if any be rising. 182. THE FOUNDATIONS. The drainage having been duly pro-vided for, the… … BOWER PATENT SEWER-GAS TRAP. The House and its Furniture. 99 163. FOUNDATIONS ON MADE GROUND. With regard to thenature of the ground, no foundations should ever be laid in what iscalled made ground ; that is to say, ground that has been dug up, orotherwise disturbed by man, or which has been carted…
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