Mechanics of the household; a course of study devoted to domestic machinery and household mechanical appliances (1918)
Keene, E. S. (Edward Spencer), b. 1864 · New York, McGraw-Hill book company, inc.; · leaf 188
e.Even though it is an automaticsiphon, circumstances may cause itat times to fail to act. For thisreason the manhole is placed sothat the siphon may be inspectedand repaired, should it be necessary.It must not be supposed that oncesuch a plant is in place that all ofthe work is over. The success… … Fig. 155.—Septic tank with a settling basin and windmill pump. not permissible. To overcome such conditions the plant inFig. 155 represents an installation where the effluent is carriedseveral hundred feet through a drain tile before it is finally dis-charged into an outlet. This plant is made up…
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