A treatise on architecture and building construction (1899)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 24
the surface;the liquid exuding from between them will be absorbed,partly by the porous loam which always forms the upperstratum, and partly by the roots of grass or other vegetation. DISPOSAL, OF SEWAGE. 34., An efficient system of subsoil irrigation and drainagemust consist of two parts: the tight… … ^^ ^S^^^: l-W^-- ^h J. ;.i^;-.>.:vi^\<;;*iv}; ■■.■:•■:».■ ^•■:^:^.^-:,.;;V::v.^OvV;:;- Fig. 2. The cesspool—of which Fig. 2 shows a section—should bebuilt of hard brick laid in cement, about 6 feet in diameterand 5 feet deep from the mouth of the outlet b. In the fig-ure, a shows the sewer…
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