Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies (1881)
Association of Engineering Societies (U.S.) · New York, [etc.] Board of Managers · leaf 225
ANOMALIES IN PLUMBING REGULATIONS. 165 trap, and that its power of resistance was in proportion to its diameter. It is also quite independent of its height or of the depth of its seal. Fig. 10 shows some very wide and shallow sealed traps which are absolutely unsiphonable. They con- sist of a very… … Fig. 10. reservoir chamber of height substantially equal to the diameter of the waste pipe and so subdivided by partitions as to form a continuous waterway from inlet bend to outlet arm. This water way has a sectional area equal to that of the waste pipe, so that in normal use it shall scour itself…
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